Inclined training

Huffing and puffing
Enduring pain with sheer will
I climb endless hills

Out of sight but not out of mind

Fading in and out
Glimpsed from corner of my eye
Leaving me with doubt

Diamonds in the rough... or rough diamonds

Flawless we are not;
Many fractures; big and small;
Surface and below

School of hard knocks

Failure's another
Great form of education
As long as you learn

Living in the present

Enjoy who you are
Quit wishing for yesterday
Embrace your today

Lucky man

Fortune smiles on me
With every waking morning
True love at my side

Easter Sunday

Dieing for our sins
Three days later is risen
For our new begin

Once upon a pondering

Alone with my thoughts
Turning them this way and that
Looking for meaning

Me and my Honey Bear

I say impulsive
"Here's an idea, let's go"
She says decisive

Below the surface

Ferocious nature
Masks what is truly inside
Nervous, frightened child

When you’re ready

Look within yourself
Take responsibility
Healing will begin

Not what it seems

Stop and question why
When actions appear shallow;
Answers may surprise

Stick and stones... but words hurt too

Hate hurls with the heft
Of cannon balls and anvils
Marring and maiming

No IOU required

The payment received
For the compassion we give
Is measured in love

What’s behind the curtain?

Why do we lock doors?
To keep safe; or keep others
From seeing within

Speak no evil

When lies beget lies
The path gets ever sordid
The outcome horrid

See no evil

Feigning being blind
To what others plainly see
Puts us in a bind

Hear no evil

Refusing to listen
To the clear voice of reason
Trouble will hasten

Ever searching

Did his quest avail
Was an honest man found, or
Did Diogenes fail?

Who will remember?

Have I left my mark?
What will be my legacy?
Will I be forgot?

Lazing or lazy?

There is a fine line
Twixt relaxing all day and
Wasting it away

Fun at play

Bounding tree to tree
One squirrel after another
Chasing aimlessly

The adulteress

Loath the wanton wife
For cuckolds supplication
Of her devotion

What sleep?

The damnable blight
My old friend insomnia
Robbing me at night

Not as young as I used to be

Aging would not smart
If it weren't for getting old
And falling apart

Measure twice cut once

The havoc we wreck
From decisions made in haste
Shows mistakes too late

The unrelenting author

Can he continue
You might be asking by now
Writing these haiku

Canes Fodiendo

My yard pocked with holes
Dogs incessant burrowing
For some pesky moles

New growth

Shoots are shooting
Flower petals are spreading
Soaking in the Spring

Garden of eatin’

Seeds are sown with care
With hopes of fruitful return
And bounty to share