Illusion of Depth [Haiku]

shifting shadow
on sandy bottom betrays
illusory depth.

Turquoise [Haiku]

from hot, white sand:
the turquoise sea beyond
gives illusions of cool.

DAILY PHOTO: Tulum Beach

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DAILY PHOTO: Tonsai Beach at Sundown

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DAILY PHOTO: Japanese Beach, Goa

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Perilous [Haiku]

spider scurries
across sands beside
lapping waters.

Desert Delirium [Lyric Poem]

The waves are crashing on the shore,
   and I am crawling up the beach.
 The pounding surf sounds like a roar
   as I am fleeing water's reach.

Don't let it take me, I beseech!
   Don't give the beast a second chance.
 It had a turn, but now 's in breach.
   It's met the bounds of its expanse.

And I hear no drums of ghost dance
   to summon it up onto land.
 I twist my head to take a glance,
   and all I see is endless sand.

The Desert Calls [Lyric Poem]

The desert called; its tone silent.
 It asked me out, and so I went.

One patch of dune looked like the rest;
 so, I couldn't tell which place was best

to burn just like a slice of bread
 stuck in the slot, 'mid burning threads:

those glowing wires, exuding heat
 that burn the head and burn the feet.

And so, I marched across the sands
 in search of more temperate lands,

but I never reached such a place
 and vanished there, without a trace.

Glowing Sands [Haiku]

the sun so bright
that not only water glows
but, also, the sand

DAILY PHOTO: Arabian Sands, UAE