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Stand Strong [Haiku]

Posted on April 26, 2025 by B Gourley

overflown banks:
 trees stand strong
  against the flow.

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Posted in Blogs, haiku, nature, outdoors, poem, Poetry | Tagged flood, haiku, nature, outdoors, poem, poetry, river, trees | Leave a reply

DAILY PHOTO: Hualien Martyrs’ Shrine

Posted on April 26, 2025 by B Gourley

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Posted in Asia, Blogs, East Asia, outdoors, photographs, Photos, pictures, Taiwan, Tourism, travel | Tagged Asia, East Asia, Hualien, Hualien Martyrs' Shrine, Martyrs' Shrine, photographs, photos, pictures, Taiwan, tourism, travel | Leave a reply

Spring Snow [Haiku]

Posted on April 26, 2025 by B Gourley

late Spring:
 a dust of snow remains
  on green mountains.

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Posted in Blogs, haiku, nature, outdoors, poem, Poetry | Tagged green, haiku, Mountains, nature, outdoors, poem, poetry, snow, Spring, White | Leave a reply

DAILY PHOTO: Sunset from Gudibande Fort

Posted on April 20, 2025 by B Gourley

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Posted in Asia, Blogs, India, nature, outdoors, photographs, Photos, pictures, South Asia, Tourism, travel | Tagged Asia, Bangalore, Bengaluru, Gudibande, Gudibande Fort, India, Karnataka, nature, outdoors, photographs, photos, pictures, South Asia, tourism, travel | Leave a reply

Fortress [Senryū]

Posted on April 20, 2025 by B Gourley

ancient fortress:
 tree grows through cracks;
  the tree will win.

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Posted in Blogs, haiku, nature, outdoors, plants, poem, Poetry, Senryu | Tagged fig, Fig tree, Fort, fortress, haiku, nature, poem, poetry, Senryu, Strangler fig, tree | 2 Replies

DAILY PHOTO: Gudibande Fort

Posted on April 19, 2025 by B Gourley

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Posted in Asia, Blogs, nature, outdoors, photographs, Photos, pictures, South Asia, Tourism, travel | Tagged Asia, Gudibande, Gudibande Fort, India, Karnataka, nature, outdoors, photographs, photos, pictures, South Asia, tourism, travel | Leave a reply

“In this short Life…” (1292) by Emily Dickinson [w/ Audio]

Posted on April 17, 2025 by B Gourley

In this short Life that only lasts an hour
   How much - how little - is within our power

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Posted in American Literature, Audio, Blogs, Literature, Lyric, Philosophy, Philosophy of Life, poem, Poetry, Sound Recording | Tagged 1292, Couplet, Emily Dickinson, life, Lyric, Lyric Poem, Mortality, Philosophical Poetry, Philosophy, Philosophy of Life, poem, poetry | Leave a reply

DAILY PHOTO: Ulsoor Lake by Morning

Posted on April 12, 2025 by B Gourley

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Posted in Asia, Blogs, India, outdoors, photographs, Photos, pictures, South Asia, Tourism, travel | Tagged Bangalore, Bengaluru, Halasuru, Halasuru Lake, India, lake, outdoors, photographs, photos, pictures, tourism, travel, Ulsoor, Ulsoor Lake | Leave a reply

DAILY PHOTO: Up & Down the Staircase, Shahi Bauli Stepwell

Posted on April 6, 2025 by B Gourley

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Posted in Asia, Blogs, India, photographs, Photos, pictures, South Asia, Tourism, travel | Tagged architecture, Asia, India, Indo-Islamic, Lucknow, photographs, photos, pictures, Shahi Bauli, Shahi Bauli Stepwell, South Asia, Stepwell, tourism, travel, Uttar Pradesh | Leave a reply

DAILY PHOTO: Gulab Vatika, Lucknow

Posted on April 5, 2025 by B Gourley

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Posted in Asia, Blogs, India, outdoors, photographs, Photos, pictures, South Asia, Tourism, travel | Tagged Amir-ud Daulah Library, Asia, Gulab Vatika, India, Lucknow, outdoors, park, photographs, photos, pictures, Rajaram Pal Singh Park, South Asia, tourism, travel, Uttar Pradesh | Leave a reply

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