DAILY PHOTO: Zen Garden in Chihkan Culture Park

Photograph taken in Chihkan Culture Park in Tainan, Taiwan, featuring a rocky garden, koi pond, and waterfall.
Photograph taken in Chihkan Culture Park in Tainan, Taiwan, featuring a rocky garden, koi pond, and waterfall.

DAILY PHOTO: The Colorful Shrine of Great Compassion

Photograph taken outside the Great Compassion Shrine of Fo Guang Shan outside of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Photograph taken outside the Great Compassion Shrine of Fo Guang Shan outside of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, featuring  Bougainvillea.
Photograph taken outside the Great Compassion Shrine of Fo Guang Shan outside of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

First Blossom [Haiku]

petal flutters down
from clustered Cherry Blossoms;
is it the first?

Blossom Blush [Haiku]

white blossom clusters —
Cherry trees of Early Spring:
some blooms blush, some not.

DAILY PHOTO: Beitou Park

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A photograph of Beitou, Taiwan with Beitou Park in the foreground.

Last Blossom [Haiku]

bloom-laden Cherry
tree attracts no viewers;
the last blossom does.

False Heralds [Tanka]

Photograph of Tbilisi, Georgia in the Spring with wildflowers in the fore and city as backdrop.
city landscapers
find year-round blooms for planters,
but I'll await
the wildflowers that grow
way up on the hillside.

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.

DAILY PHOTO: Garden Art, Buak Hat Park

DAILY PHOTO: Van de Graaff Park, Tuscaloosa