Dueling Goats

Two posturing NubiansVying for a pet 
A regular Hatfield-McCoy feud

A Regular Storm

Rolling sky blast beatsLead by taiko clatters and strikes–

Flashes of spot lights

Reveal white, gray, blackened shades

While a deluge cascades

Fat droplets through live oaks.

Avian Leaves

Bluejay fly by
Avian chatter overhead
Gentle breeze settles leaves

Winter Storm Janus Haiku 1

Encrusting snow storms-
newspaper boxes sculptures:
Vienna, Virginia

Image from Weather.com ( http://www.weather.com/news/photos-winter-storm-janus-pounds-northeast-mid-atlantic-20140121)

A Dog Winter Haiku

A wet nose cuddle-
Warding from a chill winter:
Teeth naw at an itch

Greedy Squirrels

Greedy, nubby hands
Rub together:beggar hands,
Thieving hands, scavenger hands.

Flag whipping tails flap
Against the ground, glass eyes
Stare. Stare while plastic foil crinkles.

A pair of squirrels reflect
The qualities of naivety
Among many humans

Sandhill Cranes Across the Fence

Standing in water
just beyond a barbed wire fence,
four sandhill cranes
stood on straw thin legs.
Their long, pointed beaks
glared in the sharp morning light.

One lifted its snake neck.
The golden eyes stared
across the fence where I stood.
The crane’s silver body was as stiff
as an electrical pole.

We stood watching each other
waiting for the other to move.
A green Dodge drove by. Frail
dandelion seeds fluttered between
us. Those cirrus clouds close to earth broke
our gaze. The crimson crowned bird
lowered its head and continued feeding.
I watched those sandhill cranes
before heading to my car:
business as usual.