Step Stone Senryū

a rock that looks like
the perfect stepping stone
is where danger lies

DAILY PHOTO: Mountain Creek

Taken in Himachal Pradesh in June of 2015

POEM: Ripples & Stillness

ripples expand
from some unseen center
where a fish feeds,
and when stillness returns
i welcome its short life

POEM: Cloud Life

i watch the drifting clouds
and my mind synchs to their speed
and i wonder whether i'm the cloud
or the cloud is me
and i know that i'm not moving
and yet i feel i am
and i know that i'm not weightless
and yet i feel i am
and i know i can't live aimlessly
and yet i feel i can

DAILY PHOTO: Rocky River, The Tungabhadra

Taken at Hampi in November of 2013

POEM: Evergreens

Evergreens line the trail,
transporting me to a place --
higher and harder --
where one might expect trees
that refuse to yield for seasons.

POEM: Pale Skies

bleached in bright sunshine --
thin, wispy white clouds
are barely seen 
amid the washed out skies

some summer day -- 
sending one running 
for sunglasses
to avoid a blinding headache

it seems the world 
might fade into a 
tabula rasa, or
blanch anemically

DAILY PHOTO: Salt Marsh

Taken in August of 2012 in Georgia

					

DAILY PHOTO: Dome of Rock, from Channagiri Hill

Taken in July of 2020 from Channagiri Hill