Category — haiku

red
on the handle of a sword
a butterfly

the heaviest shovel-full
of october snow
melting last

a red leaf dances
down the long city street
unnoticed.

a butterfly
on a grapevine
waiting for sunlight

in blue dresses
twins make paper machet
masks of each other

a gentle touch
softest summer
in a sunlit glade

an endless blue sky
cloudless, and hopeless
over the county jail

orange dances
between proud lilies
sunshine rules the monarch

butterfly on my thigh
we both wait
for something to change

all the butterflies
orange
except one

a fox passes
the glade
in summer heat

a cold starry night
a whole dream
only half a moon

zebra strips
camouflage
the lions see nothing

purple clover
in the shade of oak
a broken mower

teabags in crystal pitcher
rolling between iced cubes
until they melt

three fat black ants
on the floor
beneath the honey

the crab apple drops
rolls almost no where
the sweet smell of death

twilight  & tall grass
against the rock
two boys sitting

in an old camper
a boy and a girl
discuss grownups

around the willow in circles
and other odd shapes
kids playing tag

one jar
two boys
ten thousand fireflies