WONDROUS BUTTERFLY HAIKU

WINGED SALUTATION

BIRTHED INSIDE A SWATHED COCOON

WONDROUS BUTTERFLY

SOFT MARSHMALLOW CLOUDS HAIKU

soft marshmallow clouds
above vanilla ice cream
covered mountain peaks

FISH TO FRY HAIKU

Holy Pelican!
Remove your bill from my neck!
I've got fish to fry!

PREYING LIONS HAIKU

LIONS ON A MOUNT
LICKING LIPS ON WHITENESS WITH

TAUT TAILS PREYING

YELLOW FLAME OF DAWN'S

LIGHT ON THE SEA'S HORIZON

WAKES UP THE WORLD

FLOWERS

Plumeria & Gardenia
Sunflowers & Carnations
Daisies & Marigolds
Dandelions & Hyacinths
Sweet William & Lavender
Mums & Daffodils
Lilacs & Heather
Queen Anne's Lace & Bird of Paradise
Gladioulus & Baby's Breath
Cherry Blossom & Snapdragon
Tulips & Violets
Lotus & Crocus
Marjoram & Magnolia
Gentian & Columbine
Cat’s Ear & Forget-me-not
Poppy & Periwinkle
Mimosa & Plume Thistle
Star of Bethlehem & Lily-of-the-Valley

BAMIAN TREE GROVE HAIKU

I RODE A HORSE THROUGH

BAMIAN'S PRISTINE TREE GROVE

SLEPT ON PERSIAN RUGS

OCEAN WAVES HAIKU

BIG BOUNDING BLUE POND
YOUR WAVES POUND MY THIGHS AND BREASTS
INTO ECSTASY

BUTTERFLY HAIKU

BUTTERFLY BYGONE

NO LONGER IN ITS COCOON

SLEEPS ON DARK BRANCHES.

SECOND ODE TO WORMS

O! Wonderful Worm!

Holy Denizen

Of the Tunneled Ground!

Consume and Clean

This Clashing Earth!

Twist and Turn through

Earth’s Ancient Mound!

O! Wonderful Worm!

Good morning to your

Soft and Writhing Girth!

Praise for your Short

Yet Ceaseless Birth!

Why isn't there a National Worm Day or Month?

Why isn't your Name and Shape on a coffee cup?

You Warm and Till the Sacred Soil!

The Worm we must

Idolize

Because it doth

Fertilize!

True Warrior and Savior of the Earth!

O! Wonderful Worm!

FIRST ODE TO WORMS

Wonderful Worms!

Holy Denizens of the Tunneled Ground!

Consume and Clean this Warring Earth!

Twist and Turn through Earth’s Ancient Clay!

Hail to your Soft and Writhing Way!

Praise for your Transient yet Ceaseless Labor!

Why isn't there a National Worm Day or Month?

Why isn't your Name and Shape on a coffee cup?

You Warm and Till the Sacred Soil!

You Eat and Secrete with your Toil!

Idolize the Worm because it doth Fertilize!

True Warriors and Saviors of the Earth!

Wonderful Worms!

ROUND POEM

Round
Wheels & Round Pearls
On
Round Planets
(Inside)
Round Galaxies
Full of Round Fruit and Vegetables
(Oranges & Onions!)
Inside
Round Eyes!!

GHOSTLY WATERFALLS HAIKU

ghostly waterfalls
cascading white wraiths of earth
quenching mankind's thirst

NOSE OF A WHALE HAIKU

SKELETON FISH CLOUD

ABOVE A DARK MOUNTAIN SHAPE

THE NOSE OF A WHALE