Storm Front [Free Verse]

Rain is coming.
I can smell its sweet whiff on the breeze.

A storm prowls out there
beyond my eyes power to see.

But dark clouds hunker in the fore:
the storm's vanguard.

The birds know it's coming.
They've vacated the skies
to...
I know not where. 

DAILY PHOTO: Barachukki Falls Overbrimming

Taken on August 13, 2022 at Barachukki Falls

DAILY PHOTO: Gaganachukki Falls

Taken on August 13, 2022 in South Karnataka

High Tide Island [Haiku]

the high tide island
is a rocky outcrop
when waters retreat

DAILY PHOTO: Coastal Cliff in Kerala

Taken near Varkala in March of 2016

Winter Cardinal [Haiku]

swollen cardinal
looks like it's been gorging,
but it's winter puffed

DAILY PHOTO: Rushing Water

Taken in July of 2013 in Arabia Mountain Park, Georgia

Winter Moonlight [Haiku]

At the Park Gate; John Atkinson Grimshaw (1878)
silver moonlight
glints off the mid-winter thaw --
shining coldly

DAILY PHOTO: Coffee or Tea? Why Not Coffee & Tea

Taken on a Coffee & Tea Plantation in Coorg (Kodagu)

DAILY PHOTO: Sunset Buddha Silhouette, Sri Lanka

Taken in Kandy, Sri Lanka in May of 2015