Black Sand Bay [Haiku]

the black sand bay
under rainy gray clouds:
boats rock anxiously

DAILY PHOTO: Sundown at Mt. Agung, Amed

Taken in Amed on December 30, 2022

The Great Roundness [Free Verse]

As in Hokusai’s Great Wave,
I watch waves roll over,
before a volcanic cone.

Though these waves are
small & close,
they are perfectly rounded.

And though the distant volcano
looms large over the shore waves,
it has perfect symmetry.

I feel the roundness
&
simultaneous devastating power
of both elements at once.

Rain & Waves [Tanka]

waves crashing
on a rain-darkened shore
lull me to sleep,
as pelted boatmen
tug their boats inland

DAILY PHOTO: Blue Lagoon Beach, Padang Bai

Taken on December 27, 2022 at Padang Bai

Lava Checked [Haiku]

volcanic rock
at the sea’s edge; where
lava met its match

Beetles of the Corn [Haiku]

cornstalk beetle 
bigger around than the stalk:
bad at hide-n-seek

Blanketing Clouds [Haiku]

clouds conform 
to a volcanic cone
like a blanket

Dragonfly on Lotus [Haiku]

a dragonfly lands
on a lotus seed head
without making sway

Monkey Sage [Haiku]

the monkey sage sits —
not napping, but looking so,
on the temple wall