Category Archives: haiku

Solo? [Haiku]

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Photograph of an egret flying over the Gomti River in Lucknow, Madhya Pradesh, India.
solo bird flies
 over sprawling waters
  with upside down mate.

Shadowlands [Haiku]

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Photograph of Vang Vieng, Laos at sundown.
pale orange skies
 over dark silhouetted
  shadowlands.

Angry Skies [Haiku]

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Taken in Luang Namtha in Northern Laos, near the border with China. 
orange-fringed
 dark clouds drift in blue skies
  just before dusk.

Ducks in a Bunch [Haiku]

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Waterfowl on Rudrasagar Lake in Melaghar, India.
clustered armada
 of ducks drift across
  open water.

Stray Cat [Senryū]

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Photograph of a stray cat taken Sri Someshwar Swami Temple in Halasur, Bangalore, India. 
lean & scratched up: 
 stray cat stares at a leaf
  as if it's ham.

Glazed Acorn [Haiku]

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Winter storm
 ices over acorns:
  branches hang low.

Invaders [Haiku]

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Photograph taken in Tbilisi, Georgia near Tbilisi Reservoir in Late Spring.
Spring glade:
 small patch of light blue nests
  in a yellow sea.

Redbud [Haiku]

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Photograph taken in Tbilisi, Georgia in late Spring. The pink flower buds appear to be from a Redbud tree.
dense clusters
 of pink flower buds
  brighten the trail.

Chill Induced Memory [Tanka]

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Taken in Fountains Square in Baku, Azerbaijian. 
the memory
 of an outdoor cafe
  at city center
 comes to me out of the blue,
 on a frigid Winter day.