Spider Hibiscus [Haiku]

spider hibiscus
dangles over the pond;
like an ornate lure.

DAILY PHOTO: Sevanavank Monastery

“Much Madness is divinest Sense” (620) by Emily Dickinson [w/ Audio]

Much Madness is divinest Sense --
To a discerning Eye --
Much Sense -- the starkest Madness --
'Tis the Majority
In this, as all, prevail --
Assent -- and you are sane --
Demur -- you're straightway dangerous --
And handled with a Chain --

Kapok [Haiku]

the stout limbs
of a kapok tree,
stretch immovably.

Low Light [Tanka]

the color blobs
cast onto floor & wall
by stained glass light
are brightest just before
the sun drops out of sight.

“Gratitude to the Unknown Instructors” by William Butler Yeats [w/ Audio]

What they undertook to do 
They brought to pass;
All things hang like a drop of dew
Upon a blade of grass.

DAILY PHOTO: Chronicle of Georgia

Quiet Valley [Haiku]

a quiet valley,
sheltered from the world:
flowers rivet monks.

Under a Cloud [Lyric Poem]

To be under a cloud 
Is not so sad a thing;
If you can love the rain,
And you can dance and sing.

Ambiguous Living [Lyric Poem]

I am not now.
I was not then.
That makes it sound
Like I've never been.

But I once was
And will be again,
But who can know
Just where & when?