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.

DAILY PHOTO: Rice Field in Rural Thailand

Taken in October of 2012 near Chiang Mai

Calming Chaos [Haiku]

water swirls
around smooth, wet rocks,
entrancing me

DAILY PHOTO: The Rushing Towaliga, High Falls State Park

Taken in 2013 at High Falls State Park, Georgia, US

Footprints [Haiku]

at the muddy shore,
reconstructing the scene
by reading tracks

Walk in the Woods [Tanka]

sunlight shines low,
half-hatching the forest floor
with autumn shadows;
i walk amid columns,
listening for absent birds 

DAILY PHOTO: Kazakh Wildflowers, Medeu

Taken at Medeu, Kazakhstan in August of 2019

DAILY PHOTO: Solitary Tree

Taken in Kaziranga National Park in May of 2017

The Churn [Free Verse]

On the shore
of angry seas

I hear the crash
of foamy waves,

but miss the 
crisp sudsy sizzle
that one hears
on a sunny summer day.

That nuanced note
is lost to the Churn