Slow Burn [Senryū]

Photograph of an overgrown scale model of Dutch Square. The model is located on Bukit Cina (Chinese Hill.)
bedraggled buildings:
nature digests what it eats
ever so slowly.

DAILY PHOTO: Palms & Mountains, Vang Vieng

Photograph of a palm tree in the fore and karst mountains in the background. Taken outside Vang Vieng, Laos.
Photograph with Vang Vieng Village and a palm tree in the foreground, and karst mountains in the background.

Chinese Painting [Tanka]

Photograph taken at sundown in Vang Vieng, Laos.
sunlight washes out
the distant mountains;
they look like
an old Chinese painting --
ink faded with age.

DAILY PHOTO: Turquoise Waters of Kuang Si

Photograph of bathers at Kuang Si waterfall in Ban Long, Laos.
Photograph of teal water at one of the terraced drop offs of Kuang Si waterfall in Laos.
Photograph of a cascade and turquoise pool at Kuang Si waterfall in Laos.
Photograph of rushing water and a teal pool at Kuang Si waterfall in Laos.

Mountain Azalea [Lyric Poem]

Photograph of a cluster of pink Mountain Azalea with barren woods in the background. Taken on the Sawnee Mountain Trail in North Georgia.
One cluster of Mountain Azalea
Stands out like royal regalia,
Adorning a near naked vagrant --
But much more pleasingly fragrant.

Blue Sky [Haiku]

Photograph of bare trees and blue sky taken on the Sawnee Mountain Trail in North Georgia, near Cumming.
blue sky
seen through bare limbs;
when will Spring arrive?

White [Lyric Poem]

Against the bright white palace domes
fluffy clouds seem a tad too much,
and so they start to limp on home
like a gimp beggar on his crutch.

The Long & the Short [Haiku]

Photograph of stone carved figurines at the temple on Kaurava Kunda in Chikballapur, Karnataka, India.
temple wall
overgrown with weeds;
idols kept pristine.

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from the Sawnee Mountain Fairy Trail

Two Faces of Spring [Haiku]

Photograph of Small's Ragwort taken on Kaurava Kunda in Karnataka, India.
tiny flowers
buffeted by wind
& large raindrops