Essentials, But Not All (Haiku)

We breathe, eat, excrete
All else we do is extra
But these, essential

They don't however
Define the person we are
Unless excessive

The extra we do
Is where the impact is made
Intervals between

The Stuff of Dreams (Haiku)

A dream is just that
Until we believe in it
"A wish your heart makes"

Science is knowing
Accomplishment when combined
With art, the feeling

Thousand words of prose
Expounded thoughts and notions
Distilled in six lines

Bonzie the Bonsai Tree (Haiku)

Water the bonsai.
He said, "You missed a spot here."
Can the bonsai talk?

He basks in sunshine;
Seems the hotter the better,
Now he's full of figs.

They are little ones
Just like him, miniature
But they all have seeds.

I am wondering
Planted would they grow to trees?
Not that curious.

Named by my mother.
My name for him more formal
But Bonzie's just fine.

Bonzie's an old tree;
Best guess is more than fifty
But in love with life.