DAILY PHOTO: On the Rocks at Gandikota Canyon

Taken in November of 2021 at Gandikota Canyon in Andhra Pradesh

Grassy Trail [Haiku]

the grassy part line 
disappears up ahead,
before the cliff

Forest Shrine [Haiku]

a forest shrine
stands guarded by 
saffron-robed trunks

Liquid Metal [Haiku]

under low clouds,
the boulder-strewn pond looks
like liquid metal

Horseshoe Bend [Free Verse]

I stand before a horseshoe canyon,
and it feels like the world
has folded back upon itself.

And I sort of like that idea.

There's too much emphasis on progress,
so maybe we need pockets of regress.

Not a full fusion blast of regression.
No one's calling for being battered back 
to the stone age.

Maybe, it'd just be nice to escape
the clarity of the watercourse way.

To be in the kind of place
where one has to drop a leaf
to know which way the waters flow.

Rainy Day Waterfall [Tanka]

a rainy day.
we pull over the car,
and get out to look
at the waterfall, up close:
what's spray & what's rain?

Strange & Alien Sky [Free Verse]

Looking out the car's rear window,
I saw a strange and alien sky,
and wondered where I was,

and whether I was still somewhere
that I would - elsewise - recognize,

and - if not - whether I could get back,
and whether I would want to go back.

I saw a strange and alien sky,
and did not look to see the ground.

Flying Fox [Haiku]

a flying fox hangs
from a bare tree branch,
in broad daylight

Scintillant Stream [Tanka]

scintillant stream,
ever-shifting dance of light:
seemingly random, 
but so seems a music box drum
until one knows its tune

DAILY PHOTO: Rolling Hills w/ River

Taken in November of 2021; Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina