A Hint of Green [Haiku]

Little green sprouts growing out of a branch in a barren winter woods. Taken in North Georgia in early February.
little green sprouts,
the only verdant hue:
barren Winter woods.

DAILY PHOTO: River Shimmers

Photograph of the Chattahoochee River, shimmering in the Winter sunlight, taken from the Roswell Riverwalk.
Photograph of the Chattahoochee River taken on the Roswell Riverwalk Trail.

Great Blue Heron [Lyric Poem]

Photograph of a Great Blue Heron crossing a pond along the Roswell Greenway Trail in Roswell, Georgia.
Skittish is the Great Blue Heron.
It feels when you're stopped and starin'
and will crisscross water like Charon
to keep you on the other side.

PROMPT: Lost Interest

Daily writing prompt
Are there any activities or hobbies you’ve outgrown or lost interest in over time?

I used to play with blocks and Lincoln Logs, but as I was not interested in majoring in Architecture, there was no way to respectably continue the activity.

DAILY PHOTO: Winter Woods

PROMPT: Candy

Daily writing prompt
What’s your favorite candy?

Chocolate covered nut.

Daily Photo: Two Views of the Chattahoochee River

PROMPT: A Break

Daily writing prompt
Do you need a break? From what?

Yes. The manipulation. Attention merchants selling space in our heads to AI-powered rage bait creators for a magical misdirect on a scale never before seen. While people are pointing fingers of outrage, the last thin dime is being pried out of their pockets to fuel wildly depraved existences, and the robbed are left to wonder how the people they were pointing at — who they had their eyes on the entire time — managed to pull off a pickpocket.

#bamboozledbybillionaires

Operation [Free Verse]

Closeup photograph taken in Jayu Park (Freedom Park) in Incheon, South Korea.
Opening bleary eyes,
back on a cold, hard surface...

I know not where...

All I see,
All I know,
is a confluence of
sharp pointed tips:

hard points of unknown purpose
from which my brain attempts
to gauge a distance as
they come into razor clear
focus.

What hard robotic purpose
have these mean tines?

Pristine Garden [Kyōka]

A photograph of gardens in the Daereungwon Tomb Complex in Gyeongju, South Korea.
Even in the 
pristine palace garden,
gardeners refuse
to chase one stray, wind-blown leaf
that tumblers over pavers.