Haiku (traditional and inverted) - Andrew Durham

Alder’s spring leafs glowing

Pale green and fresh

Curtains thin enough to see light through

 

Three flies sit on an abandoned picnic table

Dreaming of ancient feasts

Their forefathers once knew.

 

A robin stands guide

Watching me write about him

Wonder if he cares.

 

           The bar

Six ants with mandibles

Jerk an earwig in a strange dance