composing haiku --

the autumn breeze blows red leaves

rippling water

on a wooden bench

an old man stares longingly

at the calm green pond

hiking the mountain

cumulonimbus clouds form

an imminent storm

old locomotive

rolling in the summer grass

children shoult with joy

on stage jazz band waits

saxophonist wets his reed

a cymbal crashes

Tapping in my head

on the telephone wire

a cardinal pecks

Aristotle stares

leaves blow in the morning breeze

pencil poised to write

on a summer day

a mourning dove waits his turn

as finches eat seeds

the mourning dove coos

the sun lights a dead oak branch

five finches sitting

on a summer eve

two foals run in the pasture

honey bees forage