Cloud Deception [Haiku]

puffy white clouds
seem no less solid 
than gray granite

Root of Suffering [Haiku]

between boulders
grows a sinewy tree --
robust by ordeals

Rocky Shores [Free Verse]

a rocky monolith,
jutting from the sea,
is smashed by waves.

overgrown with moss
& gnarled trees.

battered brutally
& unrelentingly,

and yet unchanged 
& unmoved.

 birds confidently
settle upon the rocks
&
take off again,
leisurely.

DAILY PHOTO: A Rocky Top View of Farmland

Taken in the Summer of 2019 in Kyrgyzstan

A One-Drop Ocean, Briefly [Tanka]

waves smash onto rock.
fountain spurts arc skyward.
one droplet hangs
for an instant, flips & drops,
reuniting with its sea.

DAILY PHOTO: On the Rocks at Gandikota Canyon

Taken in November of 2021 at Gandikota Canyon in Andhra Pradesh

Rocky Shoal [Haiku]

like dragon spine,
a rocky shoal lies offshore,
by night, a figment

Eroded Rock [Haiku]

rock erodes 
out from under boulders --
precarious stacks

DAILY PHOTO: Penna River

Taken on November 1, 2021 at Gandikota