DAILY PHOTO: The Brown Danube

Double Rainbow [Haiku]

across the lake,
 two rainbows arch skyward:
  one, a faint echo.

Ripples [Haiku]

ripples on a pond:
the day seems still & windless,
but, somewhere, air moves.

Unbudged [Haiku]

moss-covered limbs
 break the water's surface,
  unmoved by the flow.  

Misty River [Haiku]

early autumn morn:
fog forms over the river
‘cause the water ‘s “warm.”

Rainy River [Haiku]

river ripples
roll downstream unwarped
by the flow.

River’s Rise [Lyric Poem]

Stumps are underwater.
 The pebble beach is gone.
 Floating docks slant downstream
 as fast waters roll on. 

Detritus on pylons:
  a beaver dam of wood.
  Coffee brown waters flow
  where yesterday I stood.

Will the levees stand strong
  until the surge recedes?
  Will the flood wash away
  the willows and the reeds?

Janus River [Haiku]

the river's surface,
 glassy from above, looks
  choppy from the edge.

DAILY PHOTO: Views of the Sprawling Danube River

Fish-Eye View [Common Meter]

Do I look blurry to a fish,
as if a floating cloud?
Does it expect I’ll dart away
as silence rings aloud?