Tiny Valley [Haiku]

wildflowers hide
in a tiny valley
between granite slabs.

Bright, if Withered [Haiku]

withered daisies
approach season’s end,
but retain charm.

Summer Gust [Haiku]

malformed tree 
stands rigid against
a Summer gust.

Season Bridge [Haiku]

yellow daisies grow
from crack & fissure;
bridging Summer & Fall.

Steamy [Haiku]

Jinky Orbits [Haiku]

Photograph of greens hills taken from the Netravati Peak Trek in Karnataka, India
butterflies
mingle jinky orbits
above tall grass.

Sun Bands [Haiku]

a dark cloud blocks
the Summer sunset,
but light won’t be pent.

Poison Ivy [Lyric Poem]

Poison Ivy, I think you know
that you will always be my foe.

I can slice your vine, pal-o-mine,
and still end slathered in calamine.

Because I must haul your corpse away,
and on my gloves your oils will stay —
waiting that unexpecting day
when I scratch some tender bit.

Summer Lake [Haiku]

invisible bugs
ripple the lake surface;
from here, it’s mirror.

Shadowland [Haiku]

Photograph of pastureland north of Gwalior near Mawai in Madhya Pradesh.
big, gray cloud 
looms overhead: shadow
inescapable