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Green Fields [Haiku]
the rice fields
are at their most verdant;
scent of rain.
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Cold River Sky [Haiku]
clouds - low & textured -
look yet angrier when seen
in the cold river.
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DAILY PHOTO: A Pair of Planters
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Cormorant Patience [Kyōka]
the cormorant,
glistening & dripping,
must air dry
before it’s a bird again;
humans cramp in the pool.
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“There Is a Bird in the Tree” by Kabir [w/ Audio]
On this tree is a bird:
It dances in the joy of life.
No one knows where it is:
And who knows what the burden
Of its music may be?
Where the branches throw a deep shade,
There does it have its nest:
And it comes in the evening
And flies away in the morning,
And says not a word
Of that which it means.
None tell me of this bird
That sings within me.
It is neither coloured nor colourless:
It has neither form nor outline:
It sits in the shadow of love.
It dwells within the Unattainable,
The Infinite, and the Eternal;
And no one marks
When it comes and goes.
Kabir says, “O brother Sadhu!
Deep is the mystery.
Let wise men seek to know
where rests that bird.”
NOTE: This is the translation by Rabindranath Tagore from the 1915 text, One Hundred Poems of Kabir. This is poem #30 (XXX) of that volume.
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Black Crow [Haiku]
Yellow Glade [Haiku]
i follow the light
out of the woods and into
a yellow glade.
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DAILY PHOTO: Baina Beach, Vasco da Gama
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PROMPT: Cross-Country
You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike?
Depends on the country. Singapore, Bolivia, Russia, Niger, and Vatican City present very different answers to the question.
Tiger Riding for Beginners 