Cold Creek [Haiku]

Photograph taken near the start of the Mae Yen Waterfall trek at Pai, Thailand.
butterflies dance
beside a cold creek,
near sun-warmed leaves.

Trickling Creek [Haiku]

creek that trickles
through a stark winterscape —
days from riverhood.

Leaf Flutter [Haiku]

Autumn leaves
flip and flutter
onto clear water.

Hawkweed [Haiku]

Hawkweed blooms
beside a creek that sparkles
with summer sunlight.

DAILY PHOTO: Měi Lún Creek [美崙溪]

The Flow Slows [Haiku]

seated on the wall,
beside the rushing creek,
the world slows.

Flash Flood [Haiku]

with days of rain,
the lake overflows its bank
to carve a creek.

Creekside Wildflowers [Haiku]

wildflowers sway
over the creek's cool water,
stirred by thermals.

Pleasant Valley [Lyric Poem]

In the narrow valley
Traversed by a cool stream,
Life is but a pleasant,
And ever shady, dream.

Feet within the waters,
But mind up in the sky,
Nothing can upend one,
Nor kill what cannot die.

Bamboo Thicket [Haiku]

a copse of bamboo
shades the mossy creek rocks,
 deepening their green.