Tag Archives: haiku

WPC – Rock Monument (3)

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Once upon a time
everyone of a long-gone people
knew its name.

 

 

WPC – Morning Monument (2)

December 8, 2009

December 8, 2009

 

 

Dependable, Sulphur Peak
faces each day
dressing for the season.

 

 

WPC – Forgotten Monument (1)

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Caged from cattle,
who were her people
pioneering in the foothills?

 

 

LIVING ON ROCK—2 HAIKU

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With rain, even lichen
and moss vie for space—
breathe life into a rock.

 

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Hide of a Herford calf
at a distance—red
lichen living on rock.

 

 

WPC – Threshold (2)

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From the embrace of shade,
shelter from the elements,
we watch the world.

 

 

WPC – Threshold (1)

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Dark portal reserved for spring
without an address
or need for a door.

 

 

COWGIRL-UP

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                                                       To cowgirl-up is just
                                                       one more day to ride
                                                       to build another loop.

 

 

ANNIVERSARY

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April fools making
promises on a pillow kept
for nineteen years.

 

 

GOING HOME

July 28, 2012

 

They know the way—
only need a cowboy to
open and close the gates.

 

 

(After weaning, July 28, 2012. Enlarge to see the silhouette of a cowboy in the dust.)

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Dawn

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Last to see the light
in the shadow of mountains
rise both day and night.