Blown Top [Haiku]

mountain’s missing top
tells that it’s a volcano,
and once had a top

Edge of Desert [Haiku]

over the crest, the
world turns from grassy pasture
to barren desert

DAILY PHOTO: Mt. Agung in the Morning Light

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The Great Roundness [Free Verse]

As in Hokusai’s Great Wave,
I watch waves roll over,
before a volcanic cone.

Though these waves are
small & close,
they are perfectly rounded.

And though the distant volcano
looms large over the shore waves,
it has perfect symmetry.

I feel the roundness
&
simultaneous devastating power
of both elements at once.

DAILY PHOTO: Kangchenjunga

Taken from Darjeeling in December of 2021

Slack Flags [Haiku]

prayer flags hang still.
i hear them go silent
as i sit - eyes closed

DAILY PHOTO: Stone Mountain Lake

Taken in September of 2011 in Stone Mountain Park

River Song [Haiku]

the river sounds;
its murmur is all that's heard...
until the cowbells

Hide & Seek [Kyōka]

the icy mountain
plays hide & seek in the clouds
like a five-year-old
playing the game
for the first time, ever