Witch & Skeleton [Free Verse / Senryū]

Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre; Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1844)
PREMISE:
Princess Takiyasha
 summoned a skeleton to
  kill a samurai.

MORAL?:
"Don't bring swords
 to a giant skeleton-ghost 
  fight!"

CONCLUSION:
Yet, in settled dust,
 the world was less one
  Princess-witch.

Why Words Matter (Even the Small Ones) [Senryū]

flip two letters
and prohibition becomes
invitation.

Beach Bunker [Senryū]

bunker on the beach
sends mixed messages about
trip tranquility.

Go-Getter [Senryū]

when you’re the family 
go-getter, and yet you’re
a zoned-out mess.

Winter Crow [Haiku]

in winter,
 a crow perches on a pole,
  once a scarecrow

Love Won [Senryū]

ordered black coffee, 
they brought a plate of cookies,
well-played, love won.

Dry Grass [Senryū]

grass so thick & dry
that i avoid mere thoughts,
incendiary

Sunset Signs [Haiku]

the setting sun
paints an arrow on the sea
straight towards me.

Introvert in a Crowd [Senryū]

of all things for which
“just a little is enough:”
1.) human beings

Teetering Rock [Senryū]

a boulder teeters
on a cliff face, awaiting
Wile E. Coyote