father
quiet by the gardenia...
quinceañera moon

slow
southern evening
the fireflies

((Mainichi Japan) September 2, 2011)

interstate highway
a saffron butterfly
keeps in the median

(Asahi, August 19, 2011)

first day of school
the crape myrtle trees
heavy with bloom

all colors candles
on the birthday cake:
summer butterfly

next morning-
some young squirrels
make it rain again

a bunch of kids
squinting at the fan-
time machine

sunset
the old rabbit's hair
shining with colors

89-th WHA Haiga Contest
http://fitart.cs.land.to/89TH/haiga89.htm

hot
summer silence
until the wind
finds this last year's leaf and
starts drumming on the asphalt

guiding out of the nest
guiding back to the nest
the towhee father

the coming of summer
laughing girl in a white skirt
rolls on the grass

(from NaHaiWriMo)

June comes...
he just got used to
the hydrangeas

(from NaHaiWriMo)

rain--
crippled
by thirsty winds

spun sugar
all over the sky
Saturday market

in a tiny corner
of the sky- silent explosion
the color wave
dyes the clouds in pink
for a moment

the dance
of the butterfly
on the Buddleia stage

pearl cloud
in a crack of the sky's
drab shell

leaves
wrapped in light
await autumn

a branch falls
the day after
the storm