Full Moon [Senryū]

a drunk staggers
around the corner, and stares
into the full moon.

Prickly [Senryū]

a swallowtail
lands on a thorny thistle,
resting in comfort.

Late to the Hunt [Senryū]

tardy deer hunter
finds a deer grazing beside
his hunter's stand.

Fēnggān [Senryū]

the monk rode in
on a bright-eyed tiger, and
started hulling rice.

Sneaky Trees [Senryū]

it seems trees sneak --
in ones and twos -- up the hill,
as the woods watch.

Magpie [Haiku]

the magpie walks
with head hung low,
fooling no one.

Dark Evening Brown [Senryū]

a Dark Evening Brown
flits about the woods on a
bright morning, Brown.

Sunflowers & Amaranth [Senryū]

sunflowers look up
& follow the sun;
while amaranth bows.

Heed the Grass [Senryū]

the lawn blossoms:
attracting minds that never
paid heed the grass.

Hot Nights [Haiku]

Summer sunset
over the sprawling sea:
blackness brings no cool.