Embarrassment of Riches [Haiku]

early summer:
birds trudge through green paddies
that they usually prowl.

Spring Dream [Haiku]

one pink-laden tree
stands amid a wall
of spring greenery.

Sandstone Still-Life [Haiku]

in sandstone canyons,
shrubs grow thick & green;
no signs of day life.

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Devaramane Betta

“Jerusalem” by William Blake [w/ Audio]

And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?

And did the Countenance Divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among these dark Satanic Mills?

Bring me my Bow of burning gold:
Bring me my Arrows of desire:
Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!
Bring me Chariot of fire.

I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant Land.

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Zuocang Trail

Green Fairy [Free Verse]

Bohemians
   gathered around 
   the absinthe bottles,
  the light hitting 
   the bottles shone
   a radioactive shade
   of green.

That green light
   threw blotches
  against walls &
 floors & people &
  anything else there
  was to illuminate.

The more they drank,
 the less green the mottling --
  not because the empty glass 
   was clear, &
 didn't refract, or spray green,
   but because the splotches
  turned every color --
   every color there is --
  and the colors danced
   around the increasingly 
  amorphous surfaces.

 Until, at last,
  everyone was asleep,
 and visions of Green Fairies
  danced in their dreams. 

Jade Hills [Haiku]

clouds lift
to reveal jade hills:
Tah-Dahhhh!

Autumn In [Haiku]

the air is crisp,
the grass is green:
autumn begins.

Amid the Oaks [Haiku]

it’s cool & rainy, 
but the canopy is green:
last days of summer.