DAILY PHOTO: Uttari Betta

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Photograph taken at Uttari Betta in Karnataka, India on a cloudy monsoon season day.
Photograph taken atop Uttari Betta in Karnataka, India with the farmland far below in the background.
Photograph of precariously positioned rocks atop Uttari Betta in Karnataka, India.

Stony Ground [Haiku]

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Photograph of a tree on the granite hill named Uttari Betta in Karnataka, India. 
roots grow down
 through stony ground -- still,
  Spring brings deep green.

PROMPT: One Word

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Daily writing prompt
What is one word that describes you?
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Ornery.

Troubled Bridge [Free Verse]

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Photograph of a railway bridge over the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Iron skeleton
   spans the water.

Weeds sprout from ties, 
   rust eats its way under 
       flaking paint & over
            rivet heads.
       
I remember the whistle's blow,
    a long, long time ago.

DAILY PHOTO: River to Nowhere

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Photograph of the Chattahoochee River taken from a bridge such that it looks like the river just comes to an end.

Under a Thousand Bridges [Free Verse]

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Photograph of an Interstate highway bridge over the Chattahoochee River at Paces Mill Park.
When you've gone under
   a thousand bridges,
 and never come across
   a Troll...

You have to wonder
   whether the Troll is you.

Bright Autumn [Free Verse]

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Photograph of a cemetery on a beautiful day in the Fall, taken in New Orleans, Louisiana.
I want a bright Autumn --
   brisk & clear.

I want a colorful Fall,
   not one in which cold gray
      blanches all brilliant shades.

I want a windy Autumn:
    full of movement that 
       swirls & lifts anything
           that's light enough.

I want an Autumn that 
    draws people outside,
        not one that pens them.

I don't mind a bite of cold
     as long as I can see white
         clouds float through blue skies.

PROMPT: Best Compliment

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What was the best compliment you’ve received?
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“I wouldn’t have done it that way, but that method has your name written all over it.”

Deceased [Free Verse]

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Photograph taken in Greenwood Cemetery of New Orleans, Louisiana.
clouds drift over
 the cemetery - 

unseen by all those
 upturned eyes.
  
What a glorious day
 to be deceased!

Stalker [Kyōka]

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Photograph of a raccoon taken in the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area near Slidell, Louisiana.
stealthy raccoon 
 stalks up on trashcans -
  as lion to gazelle.
 having reached its target,
 sends lid clattering down.