DAILY PHOTO: Yehliu Geopark on a Dreary Winter Day

Dark Valley [Haiku]

in the dark valley,
eyes settle on the one hilltop
 graced by sunlight.

Choppy Shore [Haiku]

waves crash ashore,
churning waves to foam,
 white coastal frill.

Gibbous Moon [Haiku]

clouds dance around
the gibbous moon’s bright orb,
one warm winter night.

And Then There Were Two [Haiku]

a pair of blossoms -
all that's left on the tree:
 two blooms - side-by-side.

“Where Go the Boats?” by Robert Louis Stevenson [w/ Audio]

Dark brown is the river,
 Golden is the sand.
It flows along for ever,
 With trees on either hand.

Green leaves a-floating,
 Castles of the foam,
Boats of mine a-boating --
  Where will all come home?

On goes the river,
 And out past the mill,
Away down the valley,
 Away down the hill.

Away down the river,
 A hundred miles or more,
Other little children
 Shall bring my boats ashore.

Porous [Haiku]

the tree sprawls,
over the mountain trail, yet
 winter rains pass through.

DAILY PHOTO: Rocky Shore, Yehliu

Riverbed Reveal [Haiku]

gray day river --
the exposed riverbed
 shows only by tracks