DAILY PHOTO: Clouds & Sky, Siquijor

Taken in December of 2017 on Siquijor

Wide Open Spaces [Free Verse]

out of my cell 
&
onto the trail

i walk the vast expanse,
the vault of heaven above
&
hills of rolling green
beneath my feet

and clouds barge through
blue skies
like thoughts barge through
my mind -

sluggishly
but
inevitably

Misplaced Driftwood [Haiku]

on a green hillside
stands a line of dead trees,
looking like driftwood

Whitewater [Haiku]

churning water
polishes river rocks
glossy smooth

Burning Bush [Tanka]

amid buff sands -
bare and blistering -
stands a shrub,
the carroty coned
ephedra bush

Chiaroscuro Green [Free Verse]

densely packed stands of pine,
the dark green 
insinuating black shadow

set against the verdant
grassy meadows
and shaggy scrubland

it makes the mountain 
look angular,
 with sharp edges
pounded into shape

the pine-writ shadows
steal depth,
suggesting absence,
creating the impression
of emptiness,

a false void...

or so it seems

Walking Alone IV [Haiku]

the sage's staff
swings like a pendulum
in a clockwork walk

Walking Alone III [Haiku]

clouds drift;
a boy traces shapes with a
pointing finger