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.

Roses & Weeds [Haiku]

roses in peak bloom,
but butterflies prefer
the weeds below.

Wine Dance [Senryū]

the poet's wild dance
spills not a drop of wine,
but for down the throat.

Cat & Burglar [Senryū]

a cat / burglar
brashly slips through a window
in broad daylight.