brisk cooling breezes

atop forest canopy 

summit’s blazing view

Joseph Sullivan, Florida, USA 

landscape stones 

using language in 

unusual ways         

Ernesto P. Santiago, The Philippines 

crying mountain 

I see tears 

on the stone 

Ernesto P. Santiago, The Philippines 

stand-alone mountain—

I take the climb, 

not pebbles or stones          

Ernesto P. Santiago, The Philippines

titan of stone 

patient head above  

the clouds 
a map of wrinkles etched  

into the mountain

Barbara Anna Gaiardoni, Italy

this single thought

becoming a mountain

becoming myself

Joanna Ashwell, UK

aged and worn

the long breadth

of ancestry

Joanna Ashwell, UK

within this stillness

maybe a pond

for skimming stones

Joanna Ashwell, UK

meditating 

on the landscape stone 

my heart beats 

in rhythm with the clouds 

that travel lightly across
          

Neena Singh, India 

autumn arrives 

breathing deep I learn 

to let go…

yet your tender love  

still holds me close

Neena Singh, India

interpreting hand 

gestures in the eye 

Buddha's confidence 

Ernesto P. Santiago, The Philippines  

fingers reach 

down to the sea welcoming 

all to the island

Sherri J Moye-Drombrosky, USA

born in the deep

and carried to the sky

the mountain rises

Sherri J Moye-Drombrosky, USA

delicate snow

gathers where once

lava flowed

Sherri J Moye-Drombrosky, USA

ascending 

the mountain heights

peace floods my soul

Sherri J Moye-Drombrosky, USA 

just moments

to reach the peak  

surrender, surrender more…

          ​

Hema Ravi, India

a large Ganesha

you stand stoically

removing the hurdles…

Hema Ravi, India

to get to the apex—

perseverance, the only route

          ​

Hema Ravi, India

zen feeling step by step up the hill

Pravat Kumar Padhy, India

yoga class

in the early morning…

daisugi practice

Pravat Kumar Padhy, India

volcanic eruption…

birds migrate the distance

across the K-T boundary *

Pravat Kumar Padhy, India

* K-T boundary: On the Geological time scale, it defines the time (65 million years) boundary between the Cretaceous and Tertiary ages. Worldwide volcanic activity occurred around this time

alcove aglow…

steeped in silence

a mountain asleep

 Monica Kakkar, India & USA

call of the valley…

buoyed by bonsan

first calligraphy 

Monica Kakkar, India & USA

moving mountains 

in my mind's eye…

black northern wind

Monica Kakkar, India & USA

moonless night—

the old mountain on guard

over its domain

 Natalia Kuznetsova, Russia 

not wishing to disturb

the sleeping mountain

I plot my path

around her

Tracy Davidson, UK