HAIKU TUNA

Spied on dusty tracks
cutting through verdant farmland --
red birds and Keystone!

Windows open wide,
Lunar light casts night shadows
in the devil's hour.

An ageless gateway
to a world unfamiliar --
shall I step through it?

Thin branches bend low

as September storms gust in,
sweeping instant streams.

Our hands rough from wear
strike with tools of wood and steel,
forging a new life.

Tiny pyramids
of Indian summer yields
mark my salad days.

What will today bring?
Gritty sidewalks, found pennies.
Brave paths, my true self.

Hungry, I rush to
devour an alluring bright-
ness, but I'm consumed...

Are there answers in

an all-knowing, unblinking,
noble amber gaze?

Tanned boots and denim
with an untucked pearl-snap shirt --
Brash, sexy, classic!

His light eyes, tall frame
hid dark thoughts, a withered soul,
no life's breath to spare.

Neglected garden -
Sage & Rosemary asks Susan,
where's Parsley & Thyme?

What is my purpose?

Stand still to guide others? Or

spin my own brilliance?

How are you? I'm fine.

How are you really? He asks.
My voice shakes. I'm scared.

Still black lines crossing
shimmering pond reflections -
urban inner sky.

Walking time-worn paths,
shared spaces glimpsed privately
reveal its splendor.

Freshly painted lines
on a road to tired views
makes my journey new.

She cut the tethers;
Up high, the vista broadens,
daunting but stirring.

He passes through three worlds,
nostalgia, thought and logic,
to triangulate what unknown point?

Red and gold, the leaves
Brown and silver, then brown, the hair!
Beauty in Autumn