Firefly

the firefly blinks on ... off ...
childhood semaphore
for joy and wonder

For Haiku Heights - Prompt 260
Accepted for Four And Twenty - Aug. 2013

The Monk

the old monk asked:
have you settled the matter
of your death?

Autumn

Autumn near at hand
V'd geese head south by southwest
for sweet nisparos

For Carpe Diem prompt 234

Sunflower

cobalt sky at dusk
sunflower turns moonflower
lonely lake loon calls

For Carpe Diem - June 29

Omniscience

know-it-alls
are rarely
omniscient

For Poets United

Perfume

salty, sweet sweat
the pungent perfume
of passion

For Woven Dreams - Prompt 20

Wrinkles

wrinkles
the roadmap of a life
well-travelled

For OSI - Prompt 2777

Processing

in the process
of processing
truth often becomes
something else

For Woven Dreams - Prompt 19 - Processing

Move

the small boat moves downstream
drifting leisurely on the slow current
sightseeing on the river

For Poets United

Haiku Heights Prompt 256 - Ripples

principal's speech
boredom ripples through
the Class of 2013

6wordchallenge

she's angry
he smiles
bad move

Dash - OSI Prompt #276

the dash:

without it we could never be

over-anxious or under-appreciated.

Woven Dreams - Prompt #18 - Memories

memories
misshapen fragments
of the life
I think I've lived

Haiku Heights - Prompt 254

Some say it's really not moral
for one to have wives that are plural
   but it seems to me
   it's about what you see
it's fine if you live where it's rural.

Haiku Heights - Prompt 253

Fascinated by her ovum
they called her
egg-centric

The Truth

the truth
is always
hit or myth

Insomnia

wide awake
the night storm rages
inside and out