Rocks along the way on the Sentinel Dome Hike, Yosemite

Phases

Leaves drift
separated
torn from solid branches
glorious even in death– dreams
endure.

© prasanta September 2017

Holy Hill, Washington County

Begin

Winter
will find its rest
when morning arrives and
the sun makes us forget what aches.
Begin….

© prasanta September 2017

Sunrise, Tunnel View, Yosemite… stunning in person, hard to capture the mist and fog that rolled in and made this a beautiful sight. Half dome was visible in person; it’s hard to find in this picture.

Power

Each word
living magic
spoken, written, breathed, dreamt
sever, save, entangle, enlarge–
power.

© prasanta September 2017

Mt. Zion National Park, Utah

A cinquian is a five-line poem inspired by the Japanese haiku and tanka poetry forms. The above cinquains follow a 2, 4, 6, 8, 2 syallabic structure in their stanzas.

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