Question Tree [Haiku]

one strange tree
curls like a question mark:
Autumnal forest.

DAILY PHOTO: Roanoke River

Great Blue Heron [Haiku]

heron alights at water’s edge, 
becoming a statue.

Land Ho! [Haiku]

thin strip of land
thickens the horizon,
tears to sailors’ eyes.

Surrender [Lyric Poem]

Let the flood sweep 
one away — out
of the shallows,
into the deeps.
Don’t ever cry;
Don’t ever weep;
Just feel the speed
Carry one on.

The Fray [Lyric Poem]

Rainy December day
blows in - not long to stay.
From season to season,
without any reason,
sometimes we feel the fray.

Autumn [Lyric Poem]

The chill is here.
The sky never
bluer.

The colors turn,
with leaves ever
fewer.

Until a last
hanger-on yields
to a weak breeze.

Autumn Light [Haiku]

breeze-twisted leaves
catch the sunlight of an
Autumn afternoon.

Autumn Passing [Haiku]

each passing day
more yellow carpets the ground,
more blue shows through.

Leaf Flutter [Haiku]

Autumn leaves
flip and flutter
onto clear water.