house after house
pale white roses--
city ordinance?
palm fronds rustle
in afternoon breezes
then, back to sleep
why so skittish, friend?
stay, drink up!--
hummingbird
-Yorba Linda, CA
*
she does sudoku
I write haiku--
cultural misappropriation?
*
angry fly
ruins my nap--
something i said?
a skilled trapeze artist
steals breakfast from a bird feeder--
fat squirrel
gardener's blower,
honking car horns,
invading Paradise
-Lafayette, CA
Birds at The Airport
birds
at the airport—
no canceled flights
*
birds
at the airport
not impressed
*
birds
at the airport
laughing at complexity
*
birds
at the airport—
are you my mother?
-San Jose Airport
-San Jose Airport
Ken Owen Van Niddy Press
May 2019