Cliff’s Edge Poppy [Haiku]

at cliff's edge,
the swaying red poppy,
lures one closer.

DAILY PHOTO: South Armenian Landscapes

DAILY PHOTO: Gergeti Trinity Church, Stepantsminda

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DAILY PHOTOS: A Few Views of Mt. Shani

Vista Tree [Haiku]

a tree looms
over the valley;
beloved of hawks.

DAILY PHOTO: Land’s End, Netravati

DAILY PHOTO: Western Ghats by Evening

Stony & Frozen [Free Verse]

Stony & Frozen:
and yet there's something
the mind loves about
snowcapped mountains.

Something calming --

Maybe it's their stillness.
Maybe it's a nature sync.
Maybe it's that one is in
a green pasture with a
pleasant breeze and
sun warming one's face
as one looks upon those
harsh and barren lands.
Maybe it's awe at the proximity
of the inhospitable -- the uninhabitable --
lands, lands that seem so close
to one's idyllically habitable lands.
(If owing more to their grandiosity
than true proximity.)

Ambiguous Spring [Free Verse]

The copse of yellow-green
trees isn't sure whether it's
Spring or Fall.

(It's Spring.)

The breeze coming off the
snowy mountains across the valley
thinks its winter.

Only the wildflowers &
some feeling I have inside
know it's Spring.

DAILY PHOTO: Taroko Gorge