DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Annapurna Base Camp

Yin – Yang World [Haiku]

mountain morning:
 sun-warmed icecaps over
  a valley of night.

Mongoose Crossing [Free Verse]

A mongoose crosses the road.
 My mind makes it Rikki Tikki Tavi.

Is there a cobra in the tall grass?
 Is this a heroic mongoose? 

The mongoose disappears from sight,
 and I'm left with no answers. 

Hawk Bank [Haiku]

the hawk swoops & banks;
i feel its flapping wings
as it passes.

Winged Deception [Haiku]

the butterfly
that i’d thought dead
just fluttered off.

Cloud Ceiling [Haiku]

cloud touches hill
 as if it's resting on it.
  smell of spring rains.

Midsummer Masquerade [Haiku]

rainy summer day
 masquerades as early spring,  
  while noon plays dusk.

Coastal Wetlands [Haiku]

those flat wetlands
 might stretch out for miles,
  or, maybe, inches?

Feather in Water [Haiku]

feather in water
 refuses to be removed,
  rolls from each grasp.

Yellow [Haiku]

springtime.
yellow blossoms
refuse to fall.