The Last Unvanished [Haiku]

a cluster of trees
stands out against the gray:
the last unvanished

DAILY PHOTO: From Lake Pichola, Looking toward the Monsoon Palace

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Lake Reveal [Haiku]

endless tall grass.
then, with a single step,
a lake appears

DAILY PHOTO: Gundamagere Lake from Makalidurga Hill

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Nesting Birds [Haiku]

nesting birds
unmoved by their reflected
doppelgängers

Shore Breeze [Haiku]

hot summer day
spent overlooking the lake:
sea breeze to land breeze

DAILY PHOTO: Views of Lake Pichola

Taken in November of 2018 in Udaipur

Blue in the Distance [Haiku]

the desert runs
all the way to the lakeshore,
where it - surely - ends?

DAILY PHOTO: Kaindy Lake, Kazakhstan

Taken in the Summer of 2019 at Kaindy Lake

The submerged trees [below] for which Kaindy Lake is famed came about when part of the mountain sloughed off to create a natural dam and reservoir [above.]