Sun Block [Haiku]

a thick cloud
parks in front of the sun,
and says, “Not today!”

Messy Skies [Haiku]

skies smudged 
as the setting sun dyes clouds,
until all goes black

Grass Eats Steel [Haiku]

moss grows on steel.
machine on the forest’s edge,
swallowed by life

Deceptive Landscape [Senryū]

soft, round hills
under cottony clouds, yet
the hike is so hard

DAILY PHOTO: Mountain w/ Clouds Above & Below

Taken on the trail to Goechala in Sikkim in May of 2022

Entranced [Lyric Poem]

I see the lazy sway
of trees across the way.

And I'm lulled into trance
by their languid leafy dance.

And for the time I've lost
there must be some unit cost.

Or, perhaps, only gain.
There was no angst or pain...

only lost moments.

Giant Stag Beetle [Haiku]

giant stag beetle
with broken antler and limp
still freaks me out