5 Haiku

Nature water eyes pond

Hola
Blue humpback whale spouts:
“Yo soy aqui, ahora!”
Off the coast of Spain

Timeout
Tired fawn takes a nap
Mama lunches, runs errands
Returns with fresh milk

Life
Fog in the forest
Chipmunk tiptoes, forages
Owl listens, listens

Sailing
Pirating sparrow
Raids booty from spider nests,
Swallows skulls and bones

Frog
Leaping leg of frog—
Head first into pond water
Swallowing his hole

Poems by Hugh Findlay

Hugh Findlay lives in North Carolina and would rather be caught fishing. He drives a little red MG, reads and writes a lot, dabbles in photography and makes a pretty good gumbo. His work has been published or is forthcoming in: Dominion Review, Tiny Seed Literary Journal, Bangalore Review, Montana Mouthful, Digging Through the Fat, San Pedro River Review, New Southern Fugitives, Arachne Press, Pinesong, Dash, Barzakh, Shift and Bombay Gin. @hughmanfindlay