Cloud Deception [Haiku]

dark rain clouds
 hang around all day,
  without raining.

Lake Waves [Haiku]

lake waves break ashore
 unpredictably, catching
  hapless strollers. 

DAILY PHOTO: The Chaminuka Cheetah

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Melancholy Autumn [Haiku]

wistful autumn days:
 i look up to the blue sky
  from the tawny grass.

Drift & Dart [Haiku]

the fish drifts - barely:
 then, with a snap of its tail,
  it darts to the depths.

Ripples [Haiku]

ripples on a pond:
the day seems still & windless,
but, somewhere, air moves.

Deceptive Dragonfly [Haiku]

a still dragonfly 
looks perched & ready,
but then falls dead.

Unbudged [Haiku]

moss-covered limbs
 break the water's surface,
  unmoved by the flow.  

Not Waving; Not Drowning [Haiku]

among detritus,
an arm breaches the surface:
not waving / not drowning.

DAILY PHOTO: Roanoke River Scenes