This is a slide show of some short poems loosely based on the haiku form from my poetry website, Karumi Garden Haiku. 

Thank...

(Horatian Ode in Iambic Pentameter with ababcdecde Rhyme Scheme)

The tranquillity of valley hills,
Allows the mind to wander like the clouds,
Above the tree tops with their...

This is an excerpt from my 'Triptych: Mother-Lover-God' piece. All existential crises worth their salt happen in gardens. I'm not sure why, but they do. Of course the scene is from Mel Gibson's...

Winter has gone

at last into retreat

and spring is here;

The sky is blue

with little cloud now,

has given the Pacific flow

into Whangaparaoa Bay

its colour too;

...

A tribute to all who must negotiate the fog of war --without political intent. This song moves up and down Neil Young's anti-war video chart at

The Unknown God

Sound of the singing bird or rustling poplar

shimmering like a tree of mirrors

where sickness or depravity hold sway.

When symbols and...

Bergianska is a botanical garden I visited last fall. This was my impression of it.

White House Rose Garden
by Peter Menkin

We the people dream
you live sometime in rest
visiting the rose garden
at the White House, Mr. President,
...

i I wish this baby, flannel, oatmeal, bells, Balloons a kite, a bike, a cat, a phone . I wish her tryouts, outfits, ocean swells And dances, love notes, babies of her own. But dare I wish...