DAILY PHOTO: Views of the Danube

DAILY PHOTO: Tiny Tents in the Valley, Goechala Trek

Roughhousing Snakes [Haiku]

at water’s edge,
snakes wrestle: writhing, twining,
but slipping the pin.

DAILY PHOTO: Ulsoor Lake

“Seeking a Hermit-Sage in Vain” by Jia Dao [w/ Audio]

I question a local boy under a pine.
He says, "Teacher is gathering herbs
right here on the mountain...
But who can say where?
The mountain is thick with clouds."

DAILY PHOTO: Mountains Around Pai Valley

Diminished [Free Verse]

I take a sunrise photo
And find the glorious orb
Diminished by poor photography,
& upstaged by a flaring pigeon.

DAILY PHOTO: Pai Canyon

DAILY PHOTO: Kho Ku So Bamboo Bridge – Post-Harvest

Pleasant Valley [Lyric Poem]

In the narrow valley
Traversed by a cool stream,
Life is but a pleasant,
And ever shady, dream.

Feet within the waters,
But mind up in the sky,
Nothing can upend one,
Nor kill what cannot die.