saltwater croc waits
a bird picking its teeth clean –
associate love
saltwater croc waits
a bird picking its teeth clean –
associate love
a monk chants the psalm
sonorous from temple’s drum —
cherry blossoms fall
perhaps an earthquake —
a butterfly tastes the wind
jellyfish abide
Jumping spider down
yearns to reinvigorate
a rain drop reflects
stock grazing grassland
cow pats baking, sun blazing
dung beetle rolls ball
toxic milkweed leaf
a caterpillar feeding —
synthesis unfolds
style of the peacock
a child runs to feed beauty
a bunch of black grapes
no flinch from rhino
oxpecker drops on its back
the guard has alighted.
a wild horse hungry
prickly pear cactus beyond –
the rein of winter
arbitrary bees
brushing pollen from crocus
delightful saffron
stick insects elude
the army of hungry frogs
camouflaging moon
Clothes moths yearn for silk
eating from a favourite dress,
eggs about to hatch
cool autumn evening
bald eagle seizes the smolt
abject, the osprey
two brown bears pummel
vying for powerful mate –
salmon slip upstream
breakfast, grumpy mood
after a night without sleep
August sun rising
fangs of a spider
ready to strike with venom
– an entangled fly
Charm defeated me
shut off tap of syllables –
staring at the moon
mischievous raven
tickles tail of dozing cat –
summer sun smiles
moonlight hum, giraffes
resting together at ease –
lioness hungry
elm bark beetle bores
into trunk of mighty tree
chewing vital sap