DAILY PHOTO: Blue Danube

Taken in December of 2019 in Budapest

DAILY PHOTO: Clouds & Sky, Siquijor

Taken in December of 2017 on Siquijor

Blue [Haiku]

the boat sits
as if the scene were painted
in shades of blue

DAILY PHOTO: Blue & Gold Gate, Mangalore

Taken in Mangalore (Mangaluru) on July 11, 2021

Clear Skies & Cold Water [Haibun]

Crisp air and clear skies freshen the senses, injecting one into a world more real than one has felt before. Cerulean skies, free of contrails, feel close at hand. Grazing leisurely, a deer cracks a downed limb, the sound carrying across the lake.  A fluttering fishtail breaks the water as a bass turns and darts down and away, the sound of sprayed water is heard clearly, though one sees no indication of the creature. Shifting winds fill one’s nose with an antiseptic scent of pine. One is alive — fully alive.

early autumn
skies tint the muddy lake
a cold color

DAILY PHOTO: Blue

Taken in April of 2017 in Shillong

POEM: Blue

Oh, the glorious monotony
of mountain skies
an azure dome
in rare air highs
over the brome

And, too, the lake
glassy tranquil
float duck and drake
in mile high chill

DAILY PHOTO: Tall Gates Near Hoi An

Taken in Hoi An in December of 2015

DAILY PHOTO: Dancer in Yellow, Background in Blue

Taken in March of 2015 in Freedom Park of Bangalore

DAILY PHOTO: Cherrapunjee Blue

Taken in April of 2017 in Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya