Dark Advance [Haiku]

Photograph taken on Victoria Harbour (from the Star Ferry) on a rainy day in Hong Kong.
rain clouds advance:
an army that won't stop to
besiege the city.

Whiplash Weather [Free Verse]

Photograph taken in Stepantsminda, Georgia of evergreens in the foreground and Mount Shani in the background.
Mountains are the
Lamborghini of weather --
from gray and dismal to
gloriously sunny
and back again
in record time.
It may rain and the droplets
burn off before noon,
leaving no trace of
the gloom.
One day may feel
multiple ways before
the sun goes down.

The human mind isn't
built for such whiplash
emotional experience.

Vanish [Haiku]

Photograph taken in Mussoorie, India: Woman in brightly colored attire hauls forage for cattle on a rainy day.
brightly-attired
forage-hauling woman
vanishes in fog.

PROMPT: Favorite Month

Daily writing prompt
What’s your favorite month of the year? Why?

Northern or Southern hemisphere? Landlocked or coastal? Temperate or Equatorial? I need more information.

NETHERLANDS LIMERICK

There was a sweet girl from the Netherlands
who worried the hard rains might never end.
When street became moat,
She traded bike for boat.
At canal-surfing she became a veteran.

UNITED KINGDOM LIMERICK

White on White [Haiku]

angular granite:
softened by snowfall,
erased by cloud.

Shadow Flowers [Haiku]

clouds break up;
light shifts toward
wildflower patch.

Rain Dance [Haiku]

ripples dance
on a flooded paddy
as rain starts, slowly.

Rainy Day Graveyard [Free Verse]

Rainy day
Graveyard:

Green grass
Glistens
Between row on row
Of low gravestones.

Droplets dash
Against the marble
And against
The brass plaques --
Silently.
Though a steady patter
Of drips on leaves
Sings through.

A poncho-clad figure
Walks through the
Sprawling war memorial ---
Alone.