Glass River [Haiku]

the flowing river
looks still as glass, until
fallen leaf ripples.

Rivers of the Dead [Free Verse]

So many cultures
make their dead
cross a river.

The Greeks' Styx.
The Hindus' Vaitarna.
The Norse Gjȍll.
The Gnostic's Hiṭpon.
The Japanese Sanzu-no-Kawa.
The Mesopotamians' Hubur.
Taoists cross Naihe Bridge --
over what (I'm not sure,
but) is probably a river.

No rest for the dead?
It seems kind of rude.

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from the Sundarbans

Prow Point [Haiku]

drifting downstream,
the prow points our way
to open sea.

DAILY PHOTO: Fishing in the Rain

Datta River; Sundarbans, West Bengal

Crocodile Hunter [Senryū]

at mangrove’s edge:
a croc, mouth agape.
lazy hunter?

DAILY PHOTO: Boat in the Light of the Setting Sun

Datta River, Sundarbans, West Bengal

DAILY PHOTO: The Brown Danube

Unbudged [Haiku]

moss-covered limbs
 break the water's surface,
  unmoved by the flow.