Peach Blossoms [Lyric Poem]

Photograph of Peach Blossoms taken in early March in Atlanta's Piedmont Park.
I see the Peach Blossoms of Spring,
And think of old Li Bai’s answer.

In wordless replies, the world sings;
In unpeopled worlds, there’s a dancer.

The referenced poem by Li Bai [李白] is entitled Question and Answer in the Mountains [山中问答] and is crudely translated as:

I'm asked why I live in mountains.
I laugh while giving no reply.

Peach Blossoms flow from sight & mind;
Beyond men, another Earth & Sky.

Or, in Chinese:

问余何意栖碧山,
笑而不答心自闲。

桃花流水窅然去,
别有天地非人间。

Shadowlands [Haiku]

Photograph taken in the Toroko Gorge, Taiwan.
toward day's end,
the shadowlands creep
down the valley.

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.

Smoke Rise [Haiku]

Photograph taken from a bridge over the Nam Song River in Vang Vieng, Laos.
white smoke rises downriver:
backdropped by black mountains.

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.

DAILY PHOTO: Mountains, Green & Snowcapped

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A photograph of a green hill loomed over by Mount Kazbek in Gergeti / Stepantsminda,  Republic of Georgia.

DAILY PHOTO: Distant Mountains

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Photograph taken in northern Armenia. Purple flowers in the fore, mountains in the distant background, and partly cloudy skies.

DAILY PHOTO: Mountains in the Haze

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Taken in Northern Vietnam, Sapa District, showing village and mountains.

Shades of Green [Haiku]

sunlit garden
to distant mountains —
every shade of green.

DAILY PHOTO: Sân Bóng Sóc Hà