sunflower field, stretching to muted hills, smiling warmly
Sunflowers [Haiku]
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Category Archives: haiku
Sunrise in the Karst Labyrinth [Haibun]
The sun rises; its fiery form flares in the slit between monsoon skies and rocky monoliths. The crazy array of karsts, pillars, and islets block this bright amber flash from most angles, but here the light aligns with eye. A golden walk painted on the rippled surface stretches to the boat's bow. A thousand boats won't see this rising fire, but this one did, this one time. the sun squints beneath thick clouds, painting a line to us
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Nightfall [Haiku]
night falls, and the lapping of waves is all that remains
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Desert Colors [Haiku]
in the desert, color blooms in dense clumps among scrubby sands
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Summer Sky Haiku
Colca Canyon Condor Haibun
The condor soars, riding the updraft, its back sun-gilt, its wings stretched taught and flared at the tip, its head and eye swiveling seemingly independently, as if able to pierce any point with militant precision of vision. The condor is pure power, but knows the economy of the glide. The condor seeks something meaty, for to land on a desiccated pile of bones and fur is the worst kind of insufferable, and so he glides and watches... and glides and watches... with piercing eye and readiness to dive the condor soars
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Maker & Destroyer [Haibun]
A volcanic cone looms in the distance, far but not so far that it can't lend perspective. The cone draws the eye, beautifying the backdrop, crediting the city character, but - also - making it seem small. The volcano plays the stalwart guardian, but stands as the destroyer, promising devastation on some dark and distant day. The citizens love living under the great volcano, but one day it will spit fire, raining down a dense dust, pelting the city with rock chunks that fall like fiery hailstones. the volcano features in every photo, but heed its rumbles
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Farmhouse [Haiku]
a farmhouse stands skirted by the green fields as if it, too, grew there
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Flames [Haiku]
Belly Wisdom [Kyōka]
the snake feels my footfalls through its belly, and i, too, feel its movement in my belly
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