The Platypus. A motley assortment of elements with unexpectedly poor flight characteristics that yet can thrive in multiple environments.
PROMPT: Animal
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Patience [Senryū]
Spider builds its web
line by line, and then waits;
I watch for two minutes.
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Spring [Haiku]
Nature writes “Spring”
in colorful blooms, even
over rough bark.
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Into the Darkness [Lyric]
Shadow-striped --
Juxtaposing day with night,
And wrong with right,
And never with always --
Down the long striped
Hallway...
Until it ends in darkness.
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DAILY PHOTO: A Cloud in the Sky
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PROMPT: 100-year-old
Dear Dust,
Congratulations. You will now have made it to more countries than I did in life. I’m jealous.
Yours truly,
You (but Hydrated & Animated)
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River Boulders [Haiku]
boulder-strewn gorge:
what ancient waters could move
what now can't be budged?
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Guardian [Kyōka]
some swear guardians
come to life -- dancing through
the temple yard...
but only Autumn nights, and
after a calabash of wine.
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DAILY PHOTO: Taipei Skyline
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Under the Bridge [Haiku]
under the bridge
rain's chaos doesn't vanish:
ripples spread; drips plop.
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