Ripples [Haiku]

rocking boat,
splash heard behind --
spin to see... ripples.

DAILY PHOTO: View from a Cliff, Yehliu

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The Flood [Haiku]

muddy streets,
after the flood:
bare feet squish.

“Glass was the Street – in Tinsel Peril” (1518) by Emily Dickinson [w/ Audio]

Glass was the Street - in Tinsel Peril
Tree and Traveller stood.
Filled was the Air with merry venture
Hearty with Boys the Road.

Shot the lithe Sleds like Shod vibrations
Emphacized and gone
It is the Past's supreme italic
Makes the Present mean --

What I Know about Beaches [Free Verse]

On a sandy beach,
I think of each grain
of sand as being
the same.

But on a pebble beach,
Each stone has its own
color, texture, size,
and shape.

It's made me second guess
What I know about beaches.

Cold Lilies [Haiku]

water lilies
on a cold, gray day:
half-open, unkempt.

Hawkweed [Haiku]

Hawkweed blooms
beside a creek that sparkles
with summer sunlight.

DAILY PHOTO: A Hazy Day in Xian

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DAILY PHOTO: Rocky River

Early Spring [Haiku]

lake shimmer;
Spring sneaks in early --
trees still bare.