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

Farmer [Haiku]

a stooped farmer, 
fingers in the soil,
forgets back pain

DAILY PHOTO: Swollen Barachukki Falls

Taken in August of 2022 at Barachukki Falls