Mountain River [Haiku]

turbulent upstream -
the river grows wide & deep,
becoming placid

DAILY PHOTO: The Ganga, Rishikesh: Day & Dusk

Taken in Rishikesh in November of 2017

River Temple [Haiku]

monks of the temple
that stands beside the river
receive flow teachings

Horseshoe Bend [Free Verse]

I stand before a horseshoe canyon,
and it feels like the world
has folded back upon itself.

And I sort of like that idea.

There's too much emphasis on progress,
so maybe we need pockets of regress.

Not a full fusion blast of regression.
No one's calling for being battered back 
to the stone age.

Maybe, it'd just be nice to escape
the clarity of the watercourse way.

To be in the kind of place
where one has to drop a leaf
to know which way the waters flow.

Scintillant Stream [Tanka]

scintillant stream,
ever-shifting dance of light:
seemingly random, 
but so seems a music box drum
until one knows its tune

DAILY PHOTO: Rolling Hills w/ River

Taken in November of 2021; Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina

Still River [Haiku]

branch-draped moss
high in the treetops:
wind wiggled

DAILY PHOTO: Gandikota Canyon into Mylavaram Reservoir

Taken in November of 2021 at Gandikota