Dew

Life
ethereal
as morning dew

For Haiku Heights

Blood

violence in
the graveyard
blood on the crypts

For Haiku Heights - Prompt #309

Prophecy

radioactive seas
the prophecy
is complete

Parade

toddlers walk
like ducklings
under blazing maples

Upside

70s in October
the upside
of global warming

Autumn

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

For Carpe Diem - Prompt 307

Chrysanthemum

"To Life!"
as he drinks from
the Chrysanthemum cup

For Carpe Diem - Prompt 306

Summer's End

tractor in the barn
already bundled
the last straw

For Carpe Diem - Prompt 305

Opportunists

gulls sideling up to
a girl on the seawall
with a sandwich

Sex-Starved Squirrel

he'd rather play
with his chestnuts
than bury them

For Carpe Diem - Prompt 298

Genji's Song

evening face
darkened
by pyre smoke

For Carpe Diem - Sept. 15 - Distillation

Becoming

on the cushion
becoming who I am
outcome unknown

Snowstorm

snowstorm
the only time things
are black and white

For Carpe Diem Sept. 11

Elsie

bovine love:
something in the way
she moos
attracts me like
no udder lover

Impermanence

a cloud
there just a moment ago
a life

Getting Old

ancient Monadnock
you've vanquished me
and shown me my age

For Haiku Heights

Post Road

newly laid asphalt
the car glides
through granite hills

Arachnoid Travel

a single silken thread
drawn across the windshield
spider road trip

Senior Housing

head-sized Hybiscus
bloom outside
while they wither within

Quasi

chill out Quasimodo
don't get your
back in a hunch

For Woven Dreams - Prompt 23