Deer

in America

my first time seeing deer –

shy, delicate

they appeared to me

though locals called them pests

Written for facebook group Tanka Poets On Site, 

for 25 Aug. 2025, prompt: Deer.

On a boat ...

 

on a boat

on a river

sunny day —

my friend sends photos

and I imagine

Actually one of my own photos from a different boating occasion.

April sun ...

 

April sun –

leaves above the fence

thicken

Himalayas (NaHaiWriMo 2025, Day 28)

 

our small plane

slowly past the peak –

such vast white

*

so many peaks

smaller but not small –

stretching as far …

*

mountaintops

in all directions –

bright sharp white

*

I rode the air

to the Peak of Heaven –

and knew myself small

*

once upon a time

Mother of the World 

I gazed on your face

My response to the final prompt for NaHaiWriMo  2025.

~ Our souvenir from Buddha Air. ~

Climber (NaHaiWriMo 2025, Day 27)

 

the climber –

a small dark speck

I don’t envy

My response to the latest NaHaiWriMo prompt.

Plateau (NaHaiWriMo 2025, Day 26)

wild peaks

flatten over time

to a plateau

My response to the latest NaHaiWriMo prompt.

Crevasse (NaHaiWriMo 2025. Day 25)

crevasse –

gazing down, I imagine

bodies

My response to the latest NaHaiWriMo prompt.

Scree (NaHaiWriMo 2025, Day 24)

 

scree – a mass 

of small loose stones 

precarious

(This is also a found poem, found on Google; and an erasure poem, as I selected it from Google's text.)

My response to the latest NaHaiWriMo prompt.

Slope (NaHaiWriMo 2025, Day 23)

 

easy down

not so easy up –

the same slope

My response to the latest NaHaiWriMo prompt.

Appalachians (NaHaiWriMo 2025, Day 21)

 

Appalachians –

ah yes, I’ve heard of them

foreign and far

My response to the latest NaHaiWriMo prompt.

Denali (NaHaiWriMo, Day 19)

 

Denali’s

glacial beauty –

pictured 

*

cold grandeur

across an ocean –

Denali

My responses to the latest NaHaiWriMo prompt.

Serac (NaHaiWriMo 2025, Day 18)

 

falling ice column

impedes glacier travel –

but I don’t do that

My response to the latest NaHaiWriMo prompt.

Skiing (NaHaiWriMo 2025, Day 17)

 

skiing –

exhilarating

to watch

*

skiing –

good excuse

for gluhwein

*

skiing trip –

no reason to stop

hating the cold

My responses to the latest NaHaiWriMo prompt.

Alpine (NaHaiWriMo 2025, Day 14)

 

poor Al

pines for warm weather –

winter snow

*

winter trees

have no variety –

all pine

(OK, I might be getting a bit brain fatigued by now.) 

My response to the latest NaHaiWriMo prompt.

Piste (NaHaiWriMo 2025, Day 13)

fell at once

tangled skis legs arms –

not my sport

My response to the latest NaHaiWriMo prompt.

Avalanche (NaHaiWriMo 2025, Day 9)

 

thoughts running 

too fast too huge –

avalanche

My response to the latest NaHaiWriMo prompt.