OVERCAST
two ponds split like eyes
a crane walks between the gaze
rain ripples the stare
GLISTEN
summer seas ashore
morning glistening off sand;
stray dogs roam the beach—
PROMENADE
high clouds reflected
in the lily-padded pond—
water star-freckled
DOUBLE
horizon mirrored
in the glasslike bay water—
summer sees its face
STRAY
an amber mist hangs
light rain beneath a streetlight
dog lays in the haze
RIVERSIDE
cicadas sing dusk;
evening breeze whips coldly
sky’s high gaze churns mauve
FOLLOW
damp path stretches on
towards the unfurling blue night—
following sunset
RAINY SEASON
eating persimmons
from the comfort of the porch;
lightning gnarls its teeth
GOOD MORNING
o! morning singers
piercing songs through my odd dreams:
red-breasted chorus
WA-WA
fifty bullfrogs croak
two ponds dream before moon-trees
cicadas wa-wa
GRAY NOON
rain even in sun
droplets beading on branches
owl’s lonesome hooting
KING
laying in the reeds
like a stray that has no home;
o! king of nothing
AH
petal-scented gust
stirs through the moonlit garden—
ah, stirring me too
ALABAMA
Two cardinals dance
over the dreaming bloodgrass—
rain is approaching
Note: You can find more haikus and 150 other poems in my recently published volume of poems, Phantastikon. You can also read my last poem, "There's Genius in the Mirror-Eye," on Steemit here.