Grazing Deer [Senryū]

grazing deer
pays hikers no heed:
too noisy for threat.

Winter Sunlight [Tanka]

Photograph of the Pest side of Budapest taken from Gellért Hill.
low winter sun
shines upon the city
while residents
walk shadow-dimmed streets
and fluffy clouds grow angry.

Crow Mind [Kyōka]

Photograph of a crow atop an outdoor lighting fixture at Tokyo's Imperial Palace.
crow on lamppost 
contemplates a CAW!
but is silenced
by a morsel clamped
in its beak.

Little Blue [Haiku]

Photograph of a blue Chicory flower, taken near Kolsay Lake in Kazakhstan.
from a gliding boat,
a little blue flower spied
as all else blurs.

Nature’s AC [Haiku]

Photograph of a small cascade between and around mossy rocks taken on the Kolsay Lake hike in Kazakhstan.
water rolls past
moss green rocks;
hikers pause in cool.

Tree Hell [Tanka]

pine cone wedged
in a rotten sleeper,
on derelict tracks,
may become a tree
and made into sleepers.

Prickly Pear [Haiku]

prickly pears bloom: 
yellow offering bowls —
bees give & take.

Vanishing [Haiku]

Photograph of a streambed and cloudy mountains take on the Annapurna Sactuary Trek in Nepal.
moving up valley,
fog thickens until there
is only the step.

Mountain Blue [Haiku]

Photograph of blue skies over a small roadside stop in the Andes between Cuzco and Puno.
mountain skies:
fade to a blue so deep
it chills the bones.

Wake [Haiku]

Photograph of the Danube River as it flows through Bratislava, Slovakia.
boat chugs upriver,
slipping from sight, but for
its wake's arrow.