A Hint of Green [Haiku]

Little green sprouts growing out of a branch in a barren winter woods. Taken in North Georgia in early February.
little green sprouts,
the only verdant hue:
barren Winter woods.

Great Blue Heron [Lyric Poem]

Photograph of a Great Blue Heron crossing a pond along the Roswell Greenway Trail in Roswell, Georgia.
Skittish is the Great Blue Heron.
It feels when you're stopped and starin'
and will crisscross water like Charon
to keep you on the other side.

Operation [Free Verse]

Closeup photograph taken in Jayu Park (Freedom Park) in Incheon, South Korea.
Opening bleary eyes,
back on a cold, hard surface...

I know not where...

All I see,
All I know,
is a confluence of
sharp pointed tips:

hard points of unknown purpose
from which my brain attempts
to gauge a distance as
they come into razor clear
focus.

What hard robotic purpose
have these mean tines?

Pristine Garden [Kyōka]

A photograph of gardens in the Daereungwon Tomb Complex in Gyeongju, South Korea.
Even in the 
pristine palace garden,
gardeners refuse
to chase one stray, wind-blown leaf
that tumblers over pavers.

White Tiger [Lyric Poem]

Photograph of a white tiger taken in Mysore Zoo in Karnataka, India.
The White Tiger is very cute,
napping in its white tiger suit.
But while awake, is hard to take:
Is it nonconformist, or fake?

Cheeky Crawler [Free Verse]

Photograph of a bug on a Fleabane wildflower on Namsan, south of Gyeongju, South Korea.
Does the bug
atop a wildflower
think itself master
of all it surveys?

Apricot Cloud [Haiku]

Photograph taken in the Samse Tea Estate in Karnataka, India.
apricot tinge
on a distant cloud
tells of day's end.

Gaur [Lyric Poem]

Photograph of a Gaur taken at the Mysore Zoo in Karnataka, India.
Let me introduce the Gaur.
It's a cow, but superpowered.

It's made of thick slabs of muscle,
And I wouldn't suggest you tussle.
They aren't cattle you can rustle,
That is, unless - in point of fact --
You're eager to be rustled back.

Gods & Monsters [Free Verse]

Photograph of an ornately carved stone block on Doddagaddavalli Lakshmi Devi Temple in Karnataka, India.
the lion wind blows.

all about is rippling chaos,
but for the goddess
who dances in the
furious center,
pausing on one foot
as the dust swirls
in angry spasms.

Smash Fist [Senryū]

Photograph of Netravati Peak in Karnataka, India.
where hill meets clouds: 
knuckles of a Hulk-like fist
spark a daydream.