Stumped [Free Verse]

Photo taken on the Butch Kennedy Hiking Trail near Lake Hartwell in South Carolina.
A stump in the forest
is like a gap in a
wedding party photo
where they photoshopped
out a renegade relative,
but forgot to erase
the person's loafers.

DAILY PHOTO: Blue Sky Through the Trees

Taken on the Butch Kennedy Trail in South Carolina, near Lake Hartwell.
Taken on the Butch Kennedy Trail, near Lake Hartwell.

Winter Stripe [Haiku]

A photograph of the woods in Winter in Paces Mill National Park, Atlanta.
low Winter sun
stripes the forest floor
with long shadows.

Question Tree [Haiku]

one strange tree
curls like a question mark:
Autumnal forest.

Stone Monolith [Haiku]

stone monolith
rises above the jungle
like a fortress.

The Wall [Haiku]

young trees curve away
from the ancient wall
of a fallen fortress.

DAILY PHOTO: Mountain Forest

Empty Pasture [Haiku]

in woods' shade, 
cattle sit or stand, &
file barn-ward at dusk.

Foggy Forest [Haiku]

fog floats in;
rows of trees consumed
by whiteness.

Guileless Hibiscus [Free Verse]

translucent hibiscus:
keeps its secrets
in its folds;
anywhere petals
don't double over,
the light shines through.

hanging face down --
pistil dangling --
pockets emptied by
gravity.

the jungle beyond blurs.