Chital [Lyric Poem]

The Chital at the watering hole
Has one single simple goal:
To drink its fill and then to scat
Before being eaten by some big cat.

Predator at Rest [Haiku]

from the shade
 of yonder trees,
  something watches.

To Walk or Not to Walk? [Haiku]

an egret saunters
 with purpose as the insect
  stands stock still.

High Tree Hawk [Tanka]

the high tree hawk
scans for prey from lofty heights;
the rat scurries -
unaware of far-flung foes,
but side to wall all the same

Caged Cat [Tanka]

the caged cat
stalks a prey it cannot see,
and cannot reach;
does the pseudo-prey know?
does its heartbeat quicken?