“Dai Binh Stone” Vietnam


This month, March 2023 we feature his dense, deep black landscape stone was found in the Dai Nga River in the central highlands in Lam Dong province, Vietnam. The words Dai Binh is an older name for the Dai Nga River where this stone was found. This mountainous forest-covered province has deposits of basalt, which are weathered by the tropical climate and periodic monsoons. Some of these strongly eroded stones can be found in the mountain rivers. This beautiful stone was collected by Ninh Huu Hiep and is in his collection. The stone was displayed in his recent book on Vietnam stones and in the 2022 Japan Suiseki Exhibition. It is 32 cm wide, 9 cm high, and 11 cm deep.

cold water

from mountain river

stone repose


Barbara Anna Gaiardoni, Italy 


post storm wind

the river whispers

its old song


Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan 



long forgotten dream

on the river bed

our footprints


Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan 

deep-black landscape

against the green-brown jungles

a connoisseur’s delight


Hema Ravi, India 

deep winter

when I open my eyes

darkness


Malgorzata Formanowska, Poland 

a flock of crows

everywhere except them

whiteness


Malgorzata Formanowska, Poland 

so dark, yet shining

Jagged at first, yet so smooth

In each soul, some good


Stuart Innes, Canada





a two headed frog

melts in a shallow salt-marsh

igneous it flows


Pat Geyer, USA 

a looming quarrel

why can we never let

sleeping dogs lie


Natalia Kuznetsova, Russia 


these molten seas

long stopped in their flowing

warm cold river


James Young, UK 





standing on

an uneven surface…

the warrior pose


Maria Bellini, Italy 

lost in rugged landscape

the black sheep

stares back at me


Tracy Davidson, UK  

a dark-adapted eye

beyond the blackness

to the beauty within


Tracy Davidson, UK 

tombstones

no one visit his grave

but the wind


David Watts, USA 

nothing more

than ourselves

in the sultry summer sun


David Watts, USA  

emigrant Peak climb

the wind cuts away

our body heat


David Watts, USA 

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