Hangers On [Haiku]

trunk ringed by fallen blooms, 
only the pate contains hangers-on.

Late Autumn [Haiku]

late Autumn: 
the last few leaves
refuse to fall.

DAILY PHOTO: Yggdrasil

The Flower That Reaches [Senryū]

Hibiscus
reaches for pollen; though
pollen is nomadic.

Perfect Fruit [Senryū]

perfect fruit
still hangs on the tree:
surviving temptation.

“I fear’d the fury of my wind” by William Blake [w/ Audio]

I fear’d the fury of my wind
Would blight all blossoms fair & true,
And my sun it shin’d & shin’d,
And my wind it never blew.

But a blossom fair or true
Was not found on any tree;
For all blossoms grew & grew
Fruitless, false, tho’ fair to see.

Camouflage [Senryū]

tree, wrapped in vines,
shape broken & trunk hidden;
an attempt to blend?

Spring’s Story [Haiku]

unfurled buds,
not drooped to gravity,
tell Spring’s story.

World Lung [Haiku]

trunk splits to branches
that stretch to the edge
of oxygen’s crossing.

Tree Flight [Free Verse]

On a hike,
I come upon a tree
Raised up on its roots,
As if in mid-stride --
A long, cartoonish stride
That stretches across the trail.

But the tree doesn't stir --
No matter how quietly I wait;
No matter how long I wait.

Oh, how I wish to catch the tree
As it flees.