Lunch

fussing after bugs
prowling quail's resplendent ruff
harvest howls moistly



Photo credit: xandert from morguefile.com

Reptile

Left eye sees the past
Weaving down into gnarled bark
Right, wooden python


Photo credit: lightfoot from morguefile.com

early spring

both
old
clocks
twitter
as
one
and
then
not:
my
breathing
becomes
ragged

legend: a seventeen onji monoku. It is vertical to mimic Japanese. Since it is now Early Spring in Kyoto, I will use twittering as my kigo. A colon indicates the kireji

early spring

both
old
clocks
twitter
as
one
and
then
not:
my
breathing
becomes
ragged

legend: a seventeen onji monoku. It is vertical to mimic Japanese. Since it is now Early Spring in Kyoto, I will use twittering as my kigo.
A colon indicates the kireji
The title is early spring