Autumn Denial [Haiku]

grass dries & withers,
the trees yellow & thin...
but one vital shrub.

DAILY PHOTO: Bonsai in Bangalore

Ambiguous Spring [Free Verse]

The copse of yellow-green
trees isn't sure whether it's
Spring or Fall.

(It's Spring.)

The breeze coming off the
snowy mountains across the valley
thinks its winter.

Only the wildflowers &
some feeling I have inside
know it's Spring.

Everywhen, All In One Place [Haiku]

fallen leaves skitter
as grass sprouts in twined roots:
all seasons at once.

Evergreen? [Tanka]

"the trees are green!"
except when blue, white, or black:
in morning sun,
in peak sun, in moonlight,
under dense clouds, or no clouds.

DAILY PHOTO: Foggy Mountains

Staggering [Haiku]

hill slope trees
like staggering figures:
soon swallowed in fog.

Alpine Meadow [Haiku]

cattle graze,
in an alpine meadow,
under giant pines.

DAILY PHOTO: City from the Forest

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After the Flood [Haiku]

after the flood,
a lake kills a grove
on its way out.