Haiku 21 (Tornado)

Vicious clouds gather
A dark funnel spirals down
Thunder roars death kneel.

Haiku 17, 18, 19, 20, (Summer Series)

Haiku 17

cows chew on dry grass
nothingness sinks deep in sky
cowboy plays on flute.

Haiku 18

red bird hops on vine
Johnny Cash on radio
soda and root beer.

Haiku 19

tall corn stalks by road
Noam Chomsky on iPhone
Fast movement of cars.

Haiku 20

Orange sun burns earth
grey sky sends mind in stupor
Spider weaves the web.

Haiku 16 (Flowers)

Pink hydrangeas bloom
Cluster of tiny flowers
Spider on petals.

Poetry And Language (senryu series)

Poetry is not 

About perfection but

About expression.    

A language is 

Using a correct method

For expression.  

A linguist strives

For perfection in method

Of expression  

Just like mind seeks

To work with reason

And heart with love  

to heart

Connects the poetry

and mind to language

In that unity 

Lies the harmony for

Mind, body and soul. 

A New Flower

Upon the grave of old 

A new flower blooms.

Sadly it never knew the 

Loving nurturing soil of a home.

The Gardner sleeping in the grave 

Left the plant alone.

Yet it blooms to add its beauty to the grave.

The rising sun gives it warmth,

The rain nourishes the plant,

And the protective wind keeps it in her watch.

Fighting against all odds of life

With her nature given might

The  tiny flower blooms 

Upon the grave of the old.

Now it wishes to be plucked 

To be part of a bouquet.

Would someone make it part of a lovely arrangement.

Or is it his fate to wither alone?

To be perished upon the grave of the old!

3. 9. 2017

Dedicated to the children of the world, left alone through war and other calamities.