
remote mountain lake
sparkles in spring’s noontime sun
for God’s eyes alone
©️2023 jai
haiku
remote mountain lake
sparkles in spring’s noontime sun
for God’s eyes alone
©️2023 jai
haiku
childhood ghosts
haunt dusty dirt road
footprints gone
laughter gone
the brother and two sisters
grown and gone away
©️2023 jai
shadorma
angry storm clouds hammering rain smothers frothing sea drowns hope of escape ©️2023 jai gogyohka
sad ashes scattered
upon placid lake’s waters
soul sinks into peace
©️2023 jai
senryu
There was a young duck named Sam
who developed a taste for ham.
When the shoats ran away
and no longer would play,
smacking duck lips, he eyed the lambs.
©️2023 jai
limerick
‘neath snowy blanket
old home slumbers peacefully
dreams of coming spring
©️2023 jai
haiku
his dead body rests beneath gloomy cypress trees that will never tell of the hatchet in his skull nor the sin he committed ©2023 jai tanka