DAILY PHOTO: Hiking in South Karnataka

A Lively Rivalry [Haiku]

in rivalry
 for passers' attention:
  jackfruit & rice field

The Autumn Trail [Haiku]

the autumn woods -
 leafless & grass matted - is
  rife with life, unseen

Grassy Trail [Haiku]

the grassy part line 
disappears up ahead,
before the cliff

Deep Trail [Haiku]

the early trail
is bare and well-defined; 
the deep trail hides

The Metaphorical Path [Tanka]

the trail curves.
what's around the bend?
i don't know -
it's a better 
metaphor than a route

Mountain Trail Tanka

I
yellow flowers,
along the trailside,
wave in the breeze;
butterflies flit
with random purpose

 

II
grazing livestock
trim the trail corridor
golf course neat;
not even the steepest
parts grow out shaggy

 

III
hear the burble
of the flowing water
where’s the creek?
it’s marsh-like in the grass,
awaiting a naïve boot

DAILY PHOTO: Mountains, Himachal Pradesh

Taken in the summer of 2015 in Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh