Color Town [Lai]

a colorful town -
no beige, gray, or brown -
flows wide

flows river-like down 
that soft, rolling moun-
tain side

watching sun go down
from the old playground,
i slide

Sea of Clouds [Haiku]

the plains below
the Himalayan foothills,
a sea of clouds

Part Line [Haiku]

a gleaming river
parts the near, vivid hills 
from the smoky frauds

Moon Echo [Haiku]

the moon ‘s an echo
of the porchlight that burns
across the yard

DAILY PHOTO: Appalachian Mountains

Taken in November of 2021 in North Carolina

Perfect Tree [Tanka]

the perfect tree
sits on a flat boulder -
roots clawing rock;
stunted and deformed,
but very much alive

Tree Gap [Haiku]

through the tree gap
cold mountains glow warm
in the setting sun

Mountain Mimicry [Haibun]

The cloud mimicked a mountain top, its ridge sun fired to bright white by the rising sun, its shadow side in granite gray, being impenetrable to the sun's rays. Mountains that imposing live a thousand miles away, but that cloud took me there. 

the morning sun
lights up a dense cloud
to mimic mountains

Blue [Haiku]

the boat sits
as if the scene were painted
in shades of blue

Whitewater [Haiku]

churning water
polishes river rocks
glossy smooth