Storied Lands [Sonnet / Idyll]

In mountain meadows, bleating sheep abound,
and green grass grows as high as their hunger
allows -- about as high as cricket grounds,
but I am lost in fantastic wonder.

It seems to me this is a storied land,
not merely grazing space, but where dragons
once flew, and one might see giants, firsthand --
a place that's never known a plow 'r wagons. 

It's where magic must once have arisen,
if ever such a place had existed --
where sparkling streams still burble and glisten
whose secret is kept ever tightfisted.

If you stumble into this storied realm
don't let its siren sight overwhelm.

DAILY PHOTO: Two Views of Varkala Beach

Taken in March of 2016 at Varkala

DAILY PHOTO: Walking in the Tall Grass, Chitradurga

Taken in Chitradurga Fort in September of 2021

Nearsighted [Haiku]

across the valley,
looms a majestic mountain...
if one sees that far

The World Below [Haiku]

the pond reflects 
tiny things, yet makes the world
feel infinite

DAILY PHOTO: Autumn Glade

Take in Julian Price Memorial Park off the Blue Ridge Parkway in November of 2021

Pollen [Haiku]

tiny tousled stalks
release a pollen plume
hush: here; hush: gone

DAILY PHOTO: Blue Skies Over Leh

Taken inside Tsemo Fort in August of 2016
Tsemo Fort; August 2016

Mountain Oasis [Haiku]

in pale-brown mountains,
we round a curve to see
a lush oasis

DAILY PHOTO: Chandravalli Lake, Color & Monochrome

Taken in September of 2021 at Chandravalli