Travel — 14 September

South Dakota Haiku

Inspired by recent travels

Photo by Michael McCombs on Unsplash

Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota

Under inland seas
Caves formed boxwork; earth now breathes
And births new life forms.

Badlands National Park, South Dakota

Layered sediments
Laid a million years ago
Reveal earth’s own past

Devil’s Tower National Monument, Wyoming

Bear Lodge — sacred space,
Prayer ties waving in the breeze —
No devil lives here.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota

Expressions, stone-faced—
What would they think, now,
Looking down, on us?

Crazy Horse Monument, South Dakota

Proud monument? Or
Desecration? Who
Speaks for Crazy Horse?

The Needles (Custer State Park), South Dakota