Winter Fields [Haiku]

tawny grain stalks,
unkempt, like mussed hair;
a bird flies out.

Sunfall [Haiku]

mountain sunfall:
vivid tree afore; painted
backdrop behind.

Karst [Free Verse]

Dissolving mountains.

Craggy & rugged outside.
Stone pock-marked & pitted,
Deformed natural bonsai
growing out of the cliff.

Hollow on the inside.
Amorphous caves tunnel
under those rocky tops,
Smooth lumpy cave floors
and walls,
Rough & gritty stalactites
overhead.

How long does it take to dissolve
a mountain?

DAILY PHOTO: Views of the Nam Song

Shapeshifter [Haiku]

light & shadow play
across the mountains —
redrawing ridges.

DAILY PHOTO: Lake Reflections

DAILY PHOTO: Nam Dee Waterfall, Luang Namtha

Grassy Bank [Haiku]

Autumn morn sunlight
brightens the grassy bank,
& throws long shadows.

DAILY PHOTO: Shack & Mountain

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Upriver [Haiku]

chugging upriver,
past karst spires, the boaters’
time seems to slow.