Horse Totem (for Asphodel)

far-strider
ditch-leaper
wind-chaser
free spirit of open fields

grip-to-my-thighs
pulse-of-my-blood
joy-of-my-eyes
path to ancestral home

star-raker
myth-maker
soul-bridle
guide to my dreaming
painted in clouds
washed by the surf
hoof beat and heart beat
bound into one
crossing the blue horizon

Five Haiku to start five stories

a girl surrounded by fairy wings
sees what others don’t see
the gate stands open

 

guarded by ravens
the tower stands in the forest
twigs snap in the dark

 

a man hurried past
his breathing heavy
shadows obscure the path

 

the bus is surrounded
bright eyed boys in the dusk
starlings flock to the rooftops

 

after a hot day

silver crack on the horizon

a line in the dark