Turtle’s Back [Haiku]

water rolls 
over rock rounded like
a turtle's shell

Red Maple [Haiku]

a red maple leaf
flutters from a tree
to adorn my coat

Still Water [Haiku]

boats in still water,
subdued prows reflect
a world below

DAILY PHOTO: Stone Mountain Walk-up Trail

Taken in December of 2021 on Stone Mountain, GA

Only Up [Haiku]

shaggy parasol
sits by the sidewalk,
knowing only up

DAILY PHOTO: Boulder Beach

Taken on Havelock Island in 2018.

Stone Pines [Haiku]

stunted pines
grow from the granite
green and thick

Becoming [Tanka]

a fig tree
grew over a building;
that building
collapsed long ago, but
now the tree is the building