Haiku

1.


'carry me'
cottonwood seeds
drift



2.

autumn again...
the wheeling shadows
of a carousel



3.

your words
soap bubbles rising
in a fair ground



4.

leaves fall
the mating season
for butterflies?



5.

autumn leaves--
how can my poems end
without protest

Homage

Haiku

sitar thrums

why  some tunes  dry up

with autumn

Alaap (Tanka)

fog

clearing up

at dawn

melody of birds

startles the friar

[ A tribute to Pandit Ravi Shankar ]