left side right side left side of the river valley road

rush hour
elevator
every
button
pushed

double espresso —
the morning fog
begins to clear

wind in the pines
the carriage horse's
braided mane

bread crumbs
in the kayak's wake
squabbling mallards

at last a rainless day
a few slow honeybees
on hazel catkins

too soon for the swallows emergency call

scent of rain
two cabbage whites rise
from a veggie patch

figure skating
the also ran's
practiced smile


with apologies to Bill

egg moon
the brooding bantam
charges at my feeet

anything but burrito donkey's private parts

rookie moon
a tennis player
gets a bagel


*in tennis jargon a bagel is a set lost to love (where love means zero, thus 6:0)

signs of spring
the middle-aged cyclist
puffs uphill

Modern Haiku 43.1 (2012)

a few coins...
the busker's mongrel
shows me her belly

your words
before you left...
craters on the moon

nimbostratus
the novel
i coudn't finish

melting snow
a blackbird breaks
into song

the dog biscuit's trajectory interrupted beagle nose

a donkey brays
from the carob's shade...
humid afternoon

A Hundred Gourds1:2 (2012)

long night
the urge to reconsider
my beliefs