Mountain Mist [Haiku]

hot summer day,
sitting downwind of cascade:
misted by spatter.

God’s Eye [Senryū]

Photograph of God's Eye Mountain in the Cao Bang Province of Vietnam.
hiked halfway around
the God's Eye Mountain before
its name made sense.

DAILY PHOTO: Uttari Betta

Photograph taken at Uttari Betta in Karnataka, India on a cloudy monsoon season day.
Photograph taken atop Uttari Betta in Karnataka, India with the farmland far below in the background.
Photograph of precariously positioned rocks atop Uttari Betta in Karnataka, India.

DAILY PHOTO: Lake, Low & Blue

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Photograph taken of Lake Hartwell in Georgia, under deep blue skies.

DAILY PHOTO: Taipei Skyline

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Photograph of Taipei, Taiwan taken from Elephant Mountain Trail.

DAILY PHOTO: Mussoorie from the Mountaintop

Photograph taken in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India.
Photograph taken from Lal Tibba to Mussoorie, India.
Photograph taken in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India.

DAILY PHOTO: Atop a Karst Formation in Laos

Photograph taken atop Phapoak Mountain, near Vang Vieng in Laos.
Photograph taken atop Phapoak Mountain, near Vang Vieng, Laos.

Whiplash Weather [Free Verse]

Photograph taken in Stepantsminda, Georgia of evergreens in the foreground and Mount Shani in the background.
Mountains are the
Lamborghini of weather --
from gray and dismal to
gloriously sunny
and back again
in record time.
It may rain and the droplets
burn off before noon,
leaving no trace of
the gloom.
One day may feel
multiple ways before
the sun goes down.

The human mind isn't
built for such whiplash
emotional experience.

A Walk in Winter Woods [Free Verse]

A photograph from the Roswell Greenway Trail in Roswell, Georgia, north of Atlanta.
In Winter,
when blue sky shows
between the twiggy,
bare branches,
the forest is not so
claustrophobic,
but sound and wind,
alike,
carry through.

A mind can roam
between the bracing
breezes.

DAILY PHOTO: River Shimmers

Photograph of the Chattahoochee River, shimmering in the Winter sunlight, taken from the Roswell Riverwalk.
Photograph of the Chattahoochee River taken on the Roswell Riverwalk Trail.