Bamboo & Ancient Tree [Haiku]

a gnarled old tree -
set against a backdrop
of fanned bamboo

DAILY PHOTO: Evergreens on the Mountain, Himachal Pradesh

Taken in June of 2015 in the Great Himalayan National Park

DAILY PHOTO: Trees in the Churchyard

Taken in Szentendre, Hungary in December of 2014

Unbridled Movement [Haiku]

even the branches
of a brawny Kapok Tree
sway in the wind

Vertigo Green [Haibun]

Life overtakes all. Moss coats stone; vines smother shrubs; trees straddle walls. All growing in splotched patterns of green -- a million shapes of leaf in a million subtly different shades. My world is awash in green. My mind is soothed by deep greens, and fired by the bright light-greens of fresh growth. My periphery swirls and blurs with green.


a mossy stone 
becomes my focal point,
the fringe blurs

DAILY PHOTO: Mahaweli River

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

DAILY PHOTO: On Stone Mountain

Taken on Stone Mountain in September of 2011

Tarn Haiku Trio

I
a stand of pines
from the lake's edge to the
mountain's bald spot
II
dense green vines
wind through dead tree branches
disguising death
III
the mountain lake
refreshes and chills
by sight alone