Category Archives: Animals



Soul

Some folks down at the paddle tennis court
BELIEVE! Man oh man, really do believe.
They’ve been to school, read, write, and yet contort
Plain reality; wishfully conceive Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Religion

Fox

Face it!
Foxes have endured bad reps
From Aesop on.
(Unattainable? Continue reading →

Posted in Affluence, Animals, Friends

Psychosomatics

Last Tuesday,
Tripod,
Our voracious, runty, crippled, stinky cat,
Missed breakfast. Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Pain

Ceramic Pot Inscriptions

Flirtatious birds flit—
Stalking cats misunderstand—
Unrequited love! Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Joan, Several Short Poems

Further, Joan request for haiku featuring toads, hares, crows, and turtles

Stony, silent toad
Sits—supple tongue, deadly, coiled—
Waiting for a fly. Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Joan, Several Short Poems

Joan’s Special Request: Art project requires short poems featuring pigs

Politicians jest,
Excoriate, mock, score points.
But what principle,
Philosophy, theory, Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Joan, Several Short Poems