Monsoon Mountains [Haiku]

rocky landscape:
under gray clouds as far as
eyes can see.

DAILY PHOTO: Lake Sevan

Strong Bow [Haiku]

a hilltop tree,
bowed as if wind-shaped,
won’t budge for a breeze.

Brief Respite [Haiku]

a butterfly 
lounges in the sun;
and then is gone.

Lush & Stony [Haiku]

stony ground:
lush grass grows
in every divot.

Lily Ring [Haiku]

ring of lily pads:
crowd around where the frog
plopped into pond.

DAILY PHOTO: Urban Jungle, Bangalore

“I taste a liquor never brewed” (214) by Emily Dickinson [w/ Audio]

I taste a liquor never brewed --
From Tankards scooped in Pearl --
Not all the Frankfort Berries
Yield such an Alcohol!

Inebriate of air -- I am --
And Debauchee of Dew --
Reeling -- thro' endless summer days --
From inns of molten blue --

When "Landlords" turn the drunken Bee
Out of the Foxglove's door --
When Butterflies -- renounce their "drams" --
I shall but drink the more!

Till Seraphs swing their snowy Hats --
And Saints -- to windows run --
To see the little Tippler
Leaning against the -- Sun!