Category Archives: nature

True Bamboo [Haiku]

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bamboo painted 
against white clouds is
betrayed by a breeze

Prek Chu [Haiku]

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soft, shrubby shoulders
line Prek Chu's winding way
of smooth, white boulders

Tiny Daisies [Tanka]

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tiny daisies
stand still under gloomy skies;
then one shakes
(pelted by a raindrop)
then another, then all

Hide & Seek [Kyōka]

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the icy mountain
plays hide & seek in the clouds
like a five-year-old
playing the game
for the first time, ever

DAILY PHOTO: Rhododendron & Khangchendzonga [and Vice Versa]

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Taken in May of 2022 near Dzongri

DAILY PHOTO: Foggy, Mossy Forest

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Taken in May of 2022 on the trail between Tsoka and Dzongri in Sikkim

Morning Mountain [Haiku]

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a snowy peak
shows - briefly - in the morning,
then hides in the clouds

Forest Stupa [Tanka]

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a stone monument
stands on the forest path;
i stop,
paying my respects
to the unknown esteemed

Dragonfly [Haiku]

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a dragonfly
alights on a boulder,
zipping to stillness

Pied Kingfisher [Haiku]

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a pied kingfisher
perches in stillness...
one dive / one fish