Category Archives: haiku

Between Rains [Senryū]

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Photograph of wildflowers atop South Mountain near Gyeongju, South Korea.
wildflowers warm soul
 as step into puddle chills
  the whole body.

Toad’s Time [Senryū]

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Photograph of a Fire-Bellied Toad taken near Gyeongju, South Korea.
toad looks primed to leap;
 i watch... and watch..., but no.
  glancing back; it's gone.

Fawn [Haiku]

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fawn rests
 beneath the big leaves
  of new saplings

Stony Ground [Haiku]

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hot patch of granite:
 from any crack or cranny
  something learns to grow.

Burnt [Haiku]

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Photograph of an incense burner at a Chinese temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
smoky tendrils
 rise and sprawl to the void,
  so, too, the prayers?

Blank & Blue [Haiku]

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Photograph of cacti, blue sky, and mountains, taken near Huambo, Peru in the vicinity of Colca Canyon.
sky -- blank & blue --
 stretches mountain to mountain;
  unseen raptor: "screech!"

Fungi Time [Haiku]

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mushroom stands tall;
 wasn’t there the day before,
  may be gone the next.

Understory [Haiku]

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big-leafed saplings
 line the understory:
  wee cascade murmurs.

Foggy Fort [Senryū]

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Photograph taken atop Hrad Devín, near Bratislava on a foggy December day.
high on a hill fort --
 enshrouded in clouds;
   one can see for... meters?