8 minature reindeer
upon my roof...
too much nutmeg

hungry and cold...
Santa forgot the wish
for her dad

you better not cry
you better not pout
...homeless child

Christmas shoppers
hungry for bargains...
outside, the bell ringer

"going green"
I put on a scarf
to watch TV

headlight
broken glass
and deer

first kiss
under the mistletoe
a waft of brandy

salmon run...
bears fatten
amidst the roe

If one meditates on nothing,
does one then attain nothing?

Silence is the loudest sound never heard

pumpkin –
you were the life
of the party

I am expert at self-destruction

If this life is spent looking for someone to blame,
then all you have to blame is yourself

when the boat is sinking
bail out both sides

define infinity

a blind man hears
what we don't see

a seed drops
a tree is born

going green –
a stocking cap
and extra sweater

icy rain
in the Zen garden -
Buddha smiles

flu blues -
his rattling teeth
keep the beat

bloodsucker -
a mosquito
...in November?

reset the hands
at midnight -
one hour younger

chilly morning...
a rooster auditions
the dog

keeping time -
my hands
miss a beat

thud! squirrel -
it wasn't an acorn falling that you heard,
your tail now hangs on an antenna

rain,
and inside
the serenade begins

zen garden -
Buddha sits
in rain water

a heron feeds
casting ripples
on the water

a drought
one marigold
to decorate the deity

a brown diamond
bezel of green grass,
my son steals home

peaches -
alomst time to harvest
hurricane Ike took first pick

burrs -
the dog's daily offering
to the carpet

in the shade
a light trickles thru
the Bodhi tree

rooster,
rise and shine
- Ra

roasting chestnuts -
the squirrel waits
at the door

footfalls
crunch golden red
the path underneath

rustling leaves -
the author works for nuts

junk mail -
the fireplace belches

lost for words,
outside a dog barks

a tree...
the last leaf
alone and cold