Category Archives: haiku

Smash Fist [Senryū]

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Photograph of Netravati Peak in Karnataka, India.
where hill meets clouds: 
 knuckles of a Hulk-like fist 
  spark a daydream.

Mountain Dance [Senryū]

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Photograph taken near George Everest Peak, outside of Mussoorie, India.
in the mountains:
 vivid & invisible
  are dance partners.

Mimicry [Senryū]

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Gray (Hanuman) Langur on a road barrier on the Lal Tibba Road.
Hanuman Langur
 mimics a lounging housecat;
  then paws at nothing.

Vanish [Haiku]

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Photograph taken in Mussoorie, India: Woman in brightly colored attire hauls forage for cattle on a rainy day.
brightly-attired
 forage-hauling woman
  vanishes in fog.

Flurry [Haiku]

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fine powdery snow
 fills ground around grass:
  frigid Winter day.

Fake Snow,Real Cold [Haiku]

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fake snow from
 fountain spray in wind;
  the cold is real.

Solo? [Haiku]

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Photograph of an egret flying over the Gomti River in Lucknow, Madhya Pradesh, India.
solo bird flies
 over sprawling waters
  with upside down mate.

Shadowlands [Haiku]

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Photograph of Vang Vieng, Laos at sundown.
pale orange skies
 over dark silhouetted
  shadowlands.

Angry Skies [Haiku]

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Taken in Luang Namtha in Northern Laos, near the border with China. 
orange-fringed
 dark clouds drift in blue skies
  just before dusk.

Ducks in a Bunch [Haiku]

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Waterfowl on Rudrasagar Lake in Melaghar, India.
clustered armada
 of ducks drift across
  open water.