Category Archives: haiku

Daisy Waves [Haiku]

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Photographs of Ox-Eye Daisies taken in Baku, Azerbaijian.
ox-eye daisies
 ripple in the wind, or
  when tousled by hand.

Blossom Blush [Haiku]

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

Long Live Bonsai [Senryū]

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Photograph of a bonsai tree taken on the grounds of a Hanoi Temple.
the bonsai tree
 isn't a BANZAI! tree,
  yet looks 10,000.

NOTE: “Bonsai” [盆栽] means “potted plant.” “Banzai” [万歳] means “10,000 years,” (in the manner of “long live the king.”)

A Sun Within [Haiku]

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Photograph of purple and yellow water lilies taken in Hanoi, Vietnam.
purple lilies
 open to reveal
  a Sun within.

Mountain Mist [Haiku]

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hot summer day,
 sitting downwind of cascade:
   misted by spatter.

God’s Eye [Senryū]

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Photograph of God's Eye Mountain in the Cao Bang Province of Vietnam.
hiked halfway around
 the God's Eye Mountain before
  its name made sense.

Stony Ground [Haiku]

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Photograph of a tree on the granite hill named Uttari Betta in Karnataka, India. 
roots grow down
 through stony ground -- still,
  Spring brings deep green.

Stalker [Kyōka]

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Photograph of a raccoon taken in the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area near Slidell, Louisiana.
stealthy raccoon 
 stalks up on trashcans -
  as lion to gazelle.
 having reached its target,
 sends lid clattering down.

Cold Bayou [Haiku]

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Photograph taken in the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area near Slidell, Louisiana.
gators sleep:
 buried in muddy banks;
   a lonely bird flies.

Naked Wisdom [Haiku]

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Photograph of a barren tree taken on the Butch Kennedy Trail, near Lake Hartwell, in South Carolina. 
one bare tree
 knew not to bud or bloom
  before the last freeze.