DAILY PHOTO: Thangsing Camp, Sikkim

Taken on the Goechala Trail at Thangsing Camp in May of 2022

DAILY PHOTO: A Peruvian Lily in Sikkim

Taken at Rumtek Monastery near Gangtok

Sunrise Over the Mountain [Free Verse]

sunlight pours over the mountain,
cascading into the valley,
drawing all eyes into its blinding whiteness

too much light enters my eye
just as too much information, 
sometimes,
enters my mind

and, yet, i peer through the searing pain -
just for the view

Fungi Propinquity [Free Verse]

two tender, little mushrooms
stand amid a mossy expanse

i'm moved by their intimate proximity

though i don't know it to be
anything other than a
random molecular fact,

and yet it speaks to me,
and i feel proximity & distance
all the more intensely

Red Rhododendron [Haiku]

red rhododendrons
at peak vitality
will be brown next week

May Orchids [Tanka]

tiny white orchids
hug tree trunks & branches,
hiding out of sight --
except those at valley's edge,
 broadcasting their time is short

True Bamboo [Haiku]

bamboo painted 
against white clouds is
betrayed by a breeze

Hide & Seek [Kyōka]

the icy mountain
plays hide & seek in the clouds
like a five-year-old
playing the game
for the first time, ever

DAILY PHOTO: Rhododendron & Khangchendzonga [and Vice Versa]

Taken in May of 2022 near Dzongri