Category Archives: Art

The Long & the Short [Haiku]

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Photograph of stone carved figurines at the temple on Kaurava Kunda in Chikballapur, Karnataka, India. 
temple wall
 overgrown with weeds;
  idols kept pristine.

PROMPT: Tattoo

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Daily writing prompt
What tattoo do you want and where would you put it?
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I would not like a tattoo. 
 I would not like one - old or new. 
 I wouldn't like one in a Zoo. 
 I wouldn't like one in a canoe. 
 I would not like one, 
   Ham though I am, 
 I would not like any body-spam.

DAILY PHOTO: Lighthouses, Great & Small

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This is the Kaohsiung Lighthouse at the rocky end point of the Qijin District peninsula.
This is the scale model of the Kaohsiung / Qujin Lighthouse that is at the Pier2 Art Center.

DAILY PHOTO: Weissgerber Lande, Vienna

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A photograph of a street crossing of Weissgerber Lande Street to the Hundertwasser Promenade in Vienna, Austria.

DAILY PHOTO: Garden Art, Buak Hat Park

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DAILY PHOTO: Temple Art, Sri Someshwara Swamy Temple

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Gate carvings, Sri Someshwara Swamy Mandir, Halasuru, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Temple figure; Sri Someshwara Mandir, Halasuru, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Gate carvings: SrI Someshwara Swamy Mandir, Halasuru, Karnataka, India.

Ominous [Common Meter]

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An ornate door seen in Armenia. It's wood surface carved into winding patterns that form a cross and snake-like patterns. 
What lives behind that ornate door
   that's carved of snakes and vines?
 I see them writhe and feel a shift
   in its symbols and signs.

DAILY PHOTO: Angels

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Two angels in St. Louis No. 3 Cemetery in New Orleans.

DAILY PHOTO: Christmas Lights, Government Plaza of Tuscaloosa

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DAILY PHOTO: Sculptures in Besthoff Garden, New Orleans

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