Yunnan Haikus

Early rising Sparkling skies; Sublime moment Dearest and I Get ready; Tour group assemble Tour coach speeding Jerky vibes; Highway pulsations Chinese lady guide Delivers tour highlights; Foreign inspiration Off we go Profound talk; Morning invocation Lijiang Expressions A theme park act; Chinese folk drama Expectations Captive tour audience; Lijiang story Vast mountain range Snow-capped peaks; Silence speaks loud Supersonic boom Speech echoes wonder; Our ears feel blast Overpowering sonic Lady tour guide drenches; Too high decibels So many words Stressed and jarring; Blazing this mountain road Joy lives here Spring lingers; Awesome mountain side This old village By this mountain; Agrarian dialect Cotton candy clouds Breeze the peaks; Touch of heaven Ancient village Historical tribal culture; Displaced by modernity Theme park sojourn By mountain side; Photo snapshot collection Leon Enriquez Lijiang, China Yunnan Province 22 May 2014