Sweeping the porch — The bookmark I lost Among the leaves. #haiku #poetry

hunting season, jeep halts count ‘em: twenty deer fleeing— my heart goes with them #haiku

Old pillow! Whatever happened To all our dreams? #haiku #senryu #poetry

After the storm The clouds going Their separate ways. #haiku #poetry

A bolt of lightning — The weathervane’s arrow Creaking in the wind. #haiku #poetry

Morning walk — A worn-out-looking man At every window. #haiku #senryu #poetry

Drive-in diner — The pigeons in the next spot Staring up at me. #haiku #senryu #poetry

Old basketball court — A passing breeze swishes The nets. #haiku #poetry

Beneath the still blades Of the busted ceiling fan — A hummingbird’s nest. #haiku #poetry

The house to myself — How long has it been since someone Dusted this shelf? #haiku #poetry

Blinking red and white: First star I see tonight An anti-collision light. #haiku #poetry

momentum, his body, the concrete skateboarder worried mother taps her foot a full emergency room #tanka #micropoetry #tankapoem #TankaThursday momentum

The sun going down — The woman across from me Becoming her voice. #haiku #poetry

The rain’s iron hooves  On the corrugated roof  Beating as we moved.  #haiku #poetry

Another autumn — Even the Lego flowers Losing their petals. #haiku #poetry

Arch leaves paw prints— first frost #haiku #cats #nature

Stone steps ascend  The mountain where the Buddhist  Temple would have been.  #haiku #poetry

porch breeze my mind creaks open #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (porch / breeze)

bare feet- the floorboards know my weight by heart #haiku #poetry

The heat was stupefying, and we debated seeing the famous Colosseum. But it dwarfed even the assembled crowd and we milled around, robbed of human scale. I closed my eyes and imagined the tidal waves of sound crashing down on the gladiators, baying for enough blood to set a champion free. #vss365

With nowhere to start And so many stars it’s hard To connect the dots. #haiku #poetry

from twisting flames a ‘face’ surfaces, stirring sympathy #haiku #pareidolia

Above the church The sun hesitating At the crossroads #haiku #poetry

Evening in Tucson — The Spanish mission’s shadow Climbing up the hill. #haiku #poetry

The empty pages  Of an open notebook waving  Like a white flag.  #senryu #haiku #poetry

My to-be-read pile — The awful realization Of Fortunato. #senryu #haiku #poetry

The headstones’ shadows  Open into the green grass  Like yawning archways.  #haiku #poetry

Now the sirens sing  After you’ve already been  Dashed against the rocks.  #haiku #senryu #poetry

Another bottle Narrowly avoids The cobwebbed wine rack. #haiku #senryu #poetry

Through Halloween night I'm going to post a series of spooky haiku inspired by Eldritch horror. I turn off the light- the darkness is already waiting #haiku #poetry #Halloween

Caterpillar — A train whistles In the distance #poetry #haiku

Never learning My lesson — The breakers #poetry #haiku

A bat flaps its wings — The pale ghost of a baseball Floats up to the light. #poetry #haiku

The Grand Canyon — A gopher snake winding Across the trail. #poetry #haiku

Behind the worn bar —  A crowded skyline  Of gleaming bottles.  #poetry #haiku #senryu

The city at dusk — The serpent of endless traffic In its death throes. #poetry #haiku

Sneaky jasmine vines — Trying to get to Heaven Ahead of time. #poetry #haiku

Not a breath of wind — The pinwheels in the graveyard Somehow still spinning. #poetry #haiku

Both of my neighbors  Industriously banging  Hammers like gavels.  #poetry #haiku

Pallid roots trickle  From a stump like the cold wax  Of a spent candle.  #poetry #haiku

Bubbles in a beer  Rising to clouds of white foam:  Rain going backwards.  #poetry #haiku

Housefly in the chair  Beside me; knitting a pair  Of socks from the air.  #poetry #haiku

Out on the back porch, An old dog buries his nose In the morning news. #poetry #haiku

The old Chevy coughs, Lights up and exhales A cloud of blue smoke. #poetry #haiky

A clouded sun drifts  In and out like a distant  Radio station.  #poetry #haiku

Biting its top lip,  Hand held high, a mailbox waits  Patiently to speak.  #poetry #haiku

Lying on its side,  An empty watering can  Tinkles in the rain.  #poetry #haiku

First few drops of rain — Footprints in a black and white Film with Claude Rains. #poetry #haiku

The grass is so lush The longest strands seem to clutch My boots as I pass. #poetry #haiku

Savoring the sweet Scent of yellowed paperbacks — Breath of autumn leaves. #poetry #haiku