Are You Seeking?

If you’re looking for a hero find him in the afternoon lazing under a river willow line dangling in the water offering a worm with no hook.   If you’re reaching for a destiny stretch no farther than your fingers clutching the worn yellow pencil snipping the scissors along paper pasting the colored picture on

Spring Approaching …

Today started out cloudy and cold, then the sun beamed out for a while, followed by a brief snowfall, then sun again. And later this week, temperatures may rise into the 60s. Spring’s on the way! As the new season draws near, here’s a poem celebrating very small but significant lives.   For the Smaller

And more haiku …

I’ve been writing almost nothing but haiku for more than six months now. I really like the form. Can’t explain exactly why, but do I need to? Here are a few more. Enjoy!   winter marsh the memory of blackbirds   too hot, too cold too damp, too dry the seasons humanized   alligator swamp

Four Haiku

A haiku master said that a poet must write 3,000 haiku to create one excellent. I haven’t reached the 3,000 mark yet, but I hope I’ve written a few good ones. Here are four I’d like to share.     huge bumblebee chasing you you  think   dragons of my youth now silent metaphors