DAILY PHOTO: Spanish Moss Draped Tree, Fort Federica

Taken in the Summer of 2012 at Fort Federica in Georgia’s Golden Isles

DAILY PHOTO: Sloth Bear

Taken in September near Chitradurga

DAILY PHOTO: Umiew River

Taken in April of 2017 on the David Scott Trail

DAILY PHOTO: Walking Charyn Canyon

Taken in the Summer of 2019 in Kazakhstan

DAILY PHOTO: Dhavalappan Giri

Taken near Chandravalli Cave on September 10, 2021

Monsoon Skies [Haiku]

monsoon skies
hide behind the mountain,
creeping slowly

DAILY PHOTO: Chandravalli Lake

Taken on September 10, 2021 at Chandravalli Lake

March of the Myna [Common Meter]

A Myna bird comes marching in;
it'll soon rule the roost.
It seldom fails to have its way
anyplace it's introduced.

The goggle shapes around its eyes
make its stare more intense,
but compare it to a raven;
you'll see it's pure pretense.

Like kudzu and cockroaches,
they can't help but run amok.
Should they come to your neighborhood -
well, that's just your luck.