Summer Seas [Haiku]

summer sunlight 
 sparkles on the sea;
  a boat rocks idly

Unhindered [Haiku]

fall leaves will drop,
 and the winter river view
  will be unhindered.

Tidal Islands [Haiku]

high tide sweeps
around the beach rocks,
and then they’re islands.

Gold [Haiku]

golden trumpet
lives up to its name
when sunrise strikes.

Leaf Enlightened [Common Meter]

I stared, and stared, into a leaf
  until my vision changed.
 And I could see the whole, wide world
   so artfully arranged.

The leaf, it mapped my universe
   from atom to the sprawl.
 Compressed, layer-on-layer, there
    was one and, at once, all. 

But before I could grasp all that
   this vision truly meant,
  a gust of wind did catch that leaf,
     and fluttering it went.

DAILY PHOTO: Uluwatu Shore

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Surf [Free Verse]

so much power
 in a lazy rolling wave
  as it tips into a tube.

a column of
 weighty water
  piledrives:

pressing one down &
 holding one in a 
  back-shaped divot 
  on the sandy bottom,

a forced pour 
 onto face and chest,

flowing & rolling
 over both sides with 
   such easy skill
    as to negate a 
      frantic, thrashing
       attempt to roll free. 

Frozen Silence [Free Verse]

frozen silence.

but for the rustle of breeze
 against dry grass.

snow will come,
 and a crust of snow 
  will settle in crystalline 
   interlock with the brown stalks.

the snow will absorb sound,
 muffling reality,
  until nothing remains but
    frozen silence.

Spring Hill [Haiku]

in spring,
 a grass path meanders
  up the temple hill.

DAILY PHOTO: Green