DAILY PHOTO: Scenes From the North Laos Countryside

Photograph of creek, farmland, and mountains near Nam Dee, Luang Namtha, Laos.
Photograph of farmland and mountains near Nam Dee, Luang Namtha, Laos.
Photograph of creek, farmland, and mountains near Nam Dee, Luang Namtha, Laos.

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.