Mountain Haiku
From the 1997 Collection
blue canoe
ducks drift alongside —
in grass a crouched cat
pentax pal
shot the mountains
perfect exposure
icy water churns
through canyon boulders
falls to green pools
hands on mountain land
my child's feet once knew —
ghost house
Sierra Buttes lookout
metal on crag
liquid wind
250 miles north
snow striped blue cone —
that's Mt. Shasta?
down the mountain trail
wild chirp in tall cedars —
rattler!
far below us
canyon walls of rock...
twice the golden eagle
jump stump to stump
winding mountain creek
the cat springs behind