DAILY PHOTO: Mahaweli River

Taken Near the Royal Botanical Gardens – Kandy in May of 2015

Blazing Bright Duel [Haiku]

flowers in saffron,
their faces to the sun -
rivals in brightness

Flowers & Fireworks [Haiku]

looking at flowers,
i see only fireworks
in a dark night sky

DAILY PHOTO: Butterfly & Blossoms

Taken at Reynolds Nature Preserve in July of 2012

DAILY PHOTO: Low Tide Tree

Taken on Havelock Island in December of 2018

Falling Leaf [Haibun]

A leaf falls, spinning as it drifts downward. Then, for an instant, it seems to pause in the air before continuing to drop, twist, and flutter. I question whether the leaf stopped, my mind stopped, or the universe stopped. Probably, nothing stopped -- a mere momentary balance of updraft and gravitational pull, an unstable and ephemeral equilibrium, like a spontaneous retention of breath -- usually missed before it can be noticed, but just this one time, I was witness.


a falling leaf
seems to pause in air,
and I am there 

Tumbling Petals [Haiku]

soft petals,
tumbling & swirling
in a light breeze

Seed of Ambition [Tanka]

over the river,
a seed pod twirls toward
the creeping waters,
and thus a lazy seed
will hitch a thousand miles