Haiku #12 - Sakura's Lament

Glory to cherries!
Their beauty heralds Spring time.
Then, obscurity.

Haiku #11 - In Lieu of Crying

Thanks to the mother
Of the farmer of the cow
Whose milk I just spilled.

Haiku #10 - High-Hanging Fruit

Many beasts compete,
Snatching at low-hanging fruit.
Others learn to fly.

Haiku #9 - Hara Hachi Bu

Greedy serpent gags
Gorging enormous carcass.
Merry Christmas!

-- Yes, I broke the 5 syllable rule in the last line, but it adds such a punch, doesn't it? ;)

--Hara hachi bu is the Okinawan dietary principle of only eating until the stomach is 80% full. I have found a lot of benefit in using this principle to moderate a lot of the pleasures in my life.

Haiku #8 - Just Write!

Letter from a friend
Want to reply just right. Wait...
Too precious! Just write!

--This haiku was inspired while playing email catch-up during the holiday lull. Sometimes I take the longest to reply to the mails that I'm most excited about.

Haiku #7 - Waving Her Red Flags

Waving her red flags
Arousing an adventure
Gripping life tightly.

Haiku #6 - On the Bus

Rush hour herds workers
Throught knots. Crossing a bridge, we
Look from screens--serene.

Haiku #5 - Buddhist with Beattitude

Karma sans dogma,

Buddhist with Beattitude,

One divinity.

Haiku #4 - On Cracking Creme Brulee

Cracking creme brûlée...
Pleasure. Vulnerable core
Beneath burnt, sweet crust.

Haiku #3 - Surrender the Oars

No course inspired me,

So I surrendered the oars.

The current: perfect

Haiku #2 - All the World's a Sage

All the world's a sage.

The extras and the stuntmen

Channel Athena.

Haiku #1 - Weft and Warp

Warp, weft wilderness,
Two threads twine through tapestry.
Fling free from the loom.