Explanation PAD 20-3, Septolet

 

Early, dark

Scrape windshield

Forested mountain

Rambunctious children

 

Some income

Love nature

Best friend

explanation PAD 20-2, senryu

 

He makes goals

Next day texts his excuses

But that is his own business

Explanation PAD 20-1 sedoka

 

Perspective

 

She is such a snob

Only talks to ones she knows

Such an unfriendly person

 

Introduce myself?

I hate this awkward shyness

Part of the reason I write

Six words PAD 19-3, Saraband

 

Fizzled  

 

Roiling emotions at his words,

They seemed like simply gibberish.

Completely crazy and absurd!

 

Beneath gnarled branches of the apple tree,

He kneeled before her with a diamond ring.

The expression on her face, could he see?

She declined with the phrase, “Well, here’s the thing.”

six words, PAD 19-2, ryuka

 

Spring days of kites and giggling kids

Dandelions, bubbles, and wind

Squinting and sneezing at the sun

Breathing rain-washed breezes

six words PAD 19-1, plus my six words, rhupunt

 

Gibberish

 

Mysterious
Bubble and fuss
Intricate dust
Add in some grace

 

Dandelion
Rolling on fine
Squint at the time
Setting the pace

 

Indigo storms

Fitting the forms

Gibberish norms

Try saving face

 

Crystal in thought

Radiant lot

Gnarled but not taut

Ending in place          

Nature Center poem

 

Ringtails

There’s a secretive animal

That is seldom seen.

He’s tan and has a long white tail,

Covered with black rings.

 

He looks somewhat like a squirrel,

And a bit like a raccoon.

He only comes out at night.

You might see him at full moon.

 

He eats bugs and plants

And perhaps a lizard.

And at climbing trees,

He’s practically a wizard.

 

He lives in rocks and caves

And is called a Ringtail Cat.

But he is not a cat at all.

What do you think of that?