Stony Ground [Haiku]

Photograph taken in the Gobustan National Park outside Baku, Azerbaiian.
wildflowers bloom
-- sheltered by boulders --
on stony ground.

Daisy Waves [Haiku]

Photographs of Ox-Eye Daisies taken in Baku, Azerbaijian.
ox-eye daisies
ripple in the wind, or
when tousled by hand.

Blossom Blush [Haiku]

white blossom clusters —
Cherry trees of Early Spring:
some blooms blush, some not.

DAILY PHOTO: Wisteria

DAILY PHOTO: Green Landscapes in Southern Armenia

Photograph of landscape with ruins taken in the Tatev region of Southern Armenia.
Photograph of green mountains in Southern Armenia near Tatev.
Photograph of fortification wall and landscape in Southern Armenia near Tatev.

A Sun Within [Haiku]

Photograph of purple and yellow water lilies taken in Hanoi, Vietnam.
purple lilies
open to reveal
a Sun within.

Mountain Mist [Haiku]

hot summer day,
sitting downwind of cascade:
misted by spatter.

Chasing Grandeur [Free Verse]

Photograph of mountain looming over the city, taken at Sapa, Vietnam.
I saw the mountaintop, 
but by the time I climbed
the mountain,
I was in the clouds and
could not see back to
where I'd been.

God’s Eye [Senryū]

Photograph of God's Eye Mountain in the Cao Bang Province of Vietnam.
hiked halfway around
the God's Eye Mountain before
its name made sense.

DAILY PHOTO: Uttari Betta

Photograph taken at Uttari Betta in Karnataka, India on a cloudy monsoon season day.
Photograph taken atop Uttari Betta in Karnataka, India with the farmland far below in the background.
Photograph of precariously positioned rocks atop Uttari Betta in Karnataka, India.