Dancing Shadows[Haiku]

a barren tree
paints dancing shadows
on the sandy canyon.

Cliff Tree [Haiku]

a barren tree
clings to a cliff face;
winds have nothing to shake.

Camouflage, Not! [Haiku]

a squirrel chitters;
its black body against
 the ash gray tree.

World Tree [Haiku]

white silk-cotton tree,
sinuously sprawling —-
chaining earth to sky.

Bonsai Bluff [Free Verse]

green-topped granite.

a gnarled evergreen
 clings to the side --
 clings without clinging,

effortlessly jutting out
 over the chasm
 to feel the sun & wind.

And Then There Were Two [Haiku]

a pair of blossoms -
all that's left on the tree:
 two blooms - side-by-side.

Porous [Haiku]

the tree sprawls,
over the mountain trail, yet
 winter rains pass through.

Muscular [Haiku]

a muscular tree
poses with limbs outstretched;
shrubs are unimpressed.

Union [Haiku]

roots held up the wall;
the wall supports the tree.
now, they’re one & same.

Temple Tree [Haiku]

a barren tree
stands in the temple yard:
winter’s guardian.