snake wrestles fish
onto rocky home turf, &
blends with sun-warmed stones.
Snake Fisher [Haiku]
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PROMPT: Outgrown
Are there any activities or hobbies you’ve outgrown or lost interest in over time?
Well, having an imaginary friend is adorable at nine, but at ten they institutionalize you. So I would say, yeah.
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PROMPT: Candy
PROMPT: Break
Do you need a break? From what?
I travel for a break from the ordinary. I spend time at home (wherever that might be) for a break from novelty.
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DAILY PHOTO: Flowers in Lalbagh Garden
City Awakens [Haiku]
Sunrise Fisherman [Haiku]
sunrise orange
sparkles on the lake;
lone fisher casts nets
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PROMPT: To-do
Something on your “to-do list” that never gets done.
Write a to-do list.
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Winter Moon [Haiku]
thin moon crescent
shines brightly on a
cold, winter night.
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Five Wise Lines (February 2024)
“If one conforms to the world,
Kamo no Chōmei, Hōjōki; [Stavros Trans.]
He’s bound to suffer.
If he doesn’t,
He’s considered mad.
But nothing ever bores me. So much the worse for those who are moulded of boredom.
Salvador Dalí, Hidden Faces
All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
Blaise pascal
I am in no way interested in immortality, but only in the taste of tea.
Lú Tóng (Poet of the Tang Era)
The man who wears the shoe knows best that it pinches and where it pinches, even if the expert shoemaker is the best judge of how the trouble is remedied.
John Dewey
Bonus Quote:
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
Marcus tullius cicero
Tiger Riding for Beginners 