Tanka & Haiku

White moonlight
falling on San Luis bay
freezes summer sea:
heart's inland ocean
stops in glance's strobe.


Dark and light patches,
Rolling waves on verdant ground:
Cloud shadows on hills!


Through fog's torn curtain
Vagrant summer breezes whisk:
Seal Rock's here and gone!


Iridium Satellite Launch

Milk trail through dusk sky;
Star-fire finger draws up, up!
Jade hills gasp in awe.


our butcher shop:
rich verse trimmed to order
lean words mean more


tears stir coals
sparks rise heavenward:
fireflies


Life's fleeting moment
like a snowman in the rain:
thoughts too deep for tears.


In autumn pool
moon's lantern falls:
ape dives to rescue