Night woods, a branch breaks. Hackles rise. Dark shapes slip close. Hyena laughter. #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | laughter |

Grizzly salmon-gluts, each claw swipe a feast for now. Winter, scarcity. #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | salmon |

Treefall, perceived by no man, still crashes aloud Woods have many ears #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | touch |

true-wild takhi, not tamed and liberated but penned unbroken #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | horse |

Buddha sits catholic: in lotus-bloom and rotting corpse cyclical god #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | lotus |

Late summer harvest Golden leaves under hot sun Mourn change, accept change. #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | harvest |

Death coats the still world Intention turns place to grave Memory preserves #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | grave |

Her quick hands dance shells. One holds truth; two, empty air. Low stakes. Play the game. #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | shell |

Cafe con lèche Grandma set before me, then Sugar swirls memory #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | swirl |

Failed cognition after rain, garden puddle. We are made of mud. #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | mud |

When vines strangle trees, choke flowers, smother purpose, can mercy absolve? #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | vines |

Gannets plunge into quicksilver sardine whirlwinds. The group will survive, #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | sardines |

small will against wind futile flapping, whirling gems butterfly, traffic #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | butterfly |

Mourn kind empires lost Compassion-stones lie in ruin Refreshing sadness #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | refreshing |

Buzzing atom-bees All matter is in process Not song but singing #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | buzz |

Koi hardly dive, in flat pools of two dimensions. Depth: unknowable. #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | dive |

Thin ice crusts slow lungs Winter trance, hibernation Frost-breath gathers soft #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | thin ice |

Life must have friction Sand adds grit to primal soup Vital silica #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | sand |

Scissors in hand, he kneels on grass, cuts each lone blade. Joyous endless task. #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | cut grass |

We dare shape the earth Covering soil with concrete Dictating rainfall #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku

Time braises your strong heart with carrots, onions, red wine. Fork-tender being #DailyHaikuPrompt #poetry #haiku | stew |

Rage grows easily Rancid plums, gnarled branches Prune foul growth with joy #DailyHaikuPrompt #poetry #haiku | rage & plum |

Cicadas’ first songs Herald balmy times to come Shade days, firework nights #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | balmy |

Here I’ll gladly rot Ivy climbing trellissed ribs My gaps sweetly bloom #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | trellis |

A young scissortail flycatcher #birds #birding #birdsofoklahoma #oklahoma

True drift cannot be. Systemic inertia holds all things together. #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | drift |

Sit, bodhisattva with me, in river-birch shade. Learn all lessons here. #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | shade |

Gardening barefoot Sink roots into warm, wet earth Life lives fully there #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | garden |

Forests hold questions. Ask, do fireflies glow to fight fears of darkness? #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | fireflies |

Tangled wind chimes shriek scraping, not kissing. Upset. Thunderstorm concert. #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | wind chime |

Clear pond, reed-rounded Still surface on deep movement Mind my mind my mind #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | clear |

Lying in tall grass Our whole world is dust blue sky Cicadas complain #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | tall grass |

Infinite scrolling Antispatial dissonance Flies on rotten minds #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | flies |

Thin light, still tundra No melt, lone bison fleeing Night ice crusts her beard #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | ice |

For best results, plant among friends, traditions, love. Roots thrive in rich soil. #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | roots |

I fear roads away, but after, the lightest steps bring me back to you. #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | road |

June rains stir the earth Verdant air breathes through itself Taste life on your tongue. #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | verdant |

To be lost is an Ego condition, so breathe. You are where you are. #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | lost |

I destroyed myself. Bones liquified, heart cocooned. Butterfly effect #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | butterfly |

In vast quantities, all particles wave. Water, Light, Time, Wheat, Laughter. #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | wave |

Moon birds coo softly To squint-eyed crater hatchlings, Lunar nests glow bright #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | moon |

I will flirt with you so long as any breath remains I attend my love #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | flirt |

Swirling warmth, leaves steep I pour your tea, then mine. Look! Universe-mirror. #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | tea |

After robins hatch grow, chirp with hunger, depart. Sky fragments remain. #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | nest |

Purpose-blessed ants, do they appreciate time, or just march onward? #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry | ants |

Tend hearth fires close Cultures live and die burning Mix stories, ashes #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | hearth |

Lost duck in traffic Hostile roads once safe marshland Brief fear, confusion #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry | brief |

Atmosphere slow dances scatter orchids in the sky. Evening birdsong. #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | evening |

My antlers fall off each spring, I miss them briefly before they regrow #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | deer |

All whispered words weave Mother-prayer and child-secret fuel turning windmills #dailyhaikuprompt #poetry #haiku | windmill |