Chital [Lyric Poem]

The Chital at the watering hole
Has one single simple goal:
To drink its fill and then to scat
Before being eaten by some big cat.

Vanishing [Haiku]

crossing a clearing,
a deer disappears before
eyes can lock on it.

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from the Sundarbans

Buck Vigilant [Haiku]

vigilant buck:
 aware of photographer
  as others feed.

Symbiosis [Haiku]

chital eats grass.
 myna eats bugs off chital:
  everyone 's happy.

Spotted Deer [Haibun]

Spotted deer framed in a glade, the warm morning light showing each coat to be a distinct shade of tawny brown. Two deep brown eyes - glassy but lively - keep watch, while the herd hangs heads low, grazing lazily on the overgrown greenery. The deer mill about so languidly that one could count each one's spots.

spotted deer,
grazing in a glade,
one stands sentry

DAILY PHOTO: Spotted Deer in Gir

Taken at Gir National Park in Gujarat in November of 2019.

DAILY PHOTO: Spotted Deer, Gir NP

Taken on November 29, 2019 at Gir National Park