Reclamation [Haiku]

a mined gouge
 in the hilly, green landscape:
  reclaimed by trees.

Forest Road [Free Verse]

The forest is parted
   by a line of asphalt.

Speeding cars send
   leaves fluttering. 

Everything that crosses
   that road is imperiled

by someone's need 
   to get nowhere quickly.

Dead Wood [Haiku]

tree becomes log,
 which becomes fungi food:
   treeness transformed. 

Ecosystem’s End [Haiku]

topping the ridge,
 the pine forest ends,
  & desert begins.

Winter Woods [Haiku]

through winter woods,
the hilltop clearly stands
that hides in spring.

DAILY PHOTO: Grassy Forest in Autumnal Hungary

DAILY PHOTO: Qoq Jaiyq Valley, Kyrgyzstan

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DAILY PHOTO: Kodachadri Overlook in the Dry Season

Shallow Water [Haiku]

a shallow stream,
 texture everchanging,
  glazes the forest floor.

Advancing Forest [Tanka]

the forest stays low,
 creeping up the valley: like 
  advancing forces,
 but that hill isn't taken --
  season after season.