DAILY PHOTO: The Rushing Towaliga, High Falls State Park

Taken in 2013 at High Falls State Park, Georgia, US

DAILY PHOTO: Silver Danube

Taken near Vác, Hungary in December of 2014

River Meets Sea [Tanka]

wide mouth river,
its chocolate-colored waters
smashed by breakers /
the battle is ceaseless;
no winner is declared

DAILY PHOTO: Mahaweli River

Taken Near the Royal Botanical Gardens – Kandy in May of 2015

Seed of Ambition [Tanka]

over the river,
a seed pod twirls toward
the creeping waters,
and thus a lazy seed
will hitch a thousand miles

DAILY PHOTO: Shyok Valley

Taken in Ladakh in August of 2016

Painted World [Haibun]

The river glides like a glassy sheet. It seems to steam, but it's just fog forming over the frigid water that is nevertheless a reservoir of heat compared to the freezing air above. The fog erases the sharp edges that make the world seem real -- neither painting nor figment. The far shore is a brush-dabbed fiction... and I may be, also. The early morning cold affects my brain in the same manner that the fog influences the scene. 

river fog
makes the cold morning
a painted scene

DAILY PHOTO: Munshi Ghat, Predawn