Snow Squirrel [Haiku]

Photograph of a squirrel on snow on Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec.
chubby squirrel
scampers across crusty snow --
crunchlessly!

Winter Woods [Haiku]

Photograph taken at Paces Mill Park.
Winter forest:
no creatures stir --
waterfall sound.

Beetle [Lyric Poem]

Photograph of beetle in Botswana, near the Chobe River.
A Beetle that was built like a tank
Crawled over a blazing riverbank
Now as any sane one would think
It should head straight for the drink
To cool off its little ole toes.
But as astute readers will know,
It hasn't really got any toes,
So, it can walk hot sands real slow.

The Regal Eagle [Lyric Poem]

A photograph of an African Fish Eagle taken in Chobe National Park in Botswana.
No bird ever seemed quite so regal
As a quietly perching eagle.
But it's not so much like a king
When it dismounts, to take wing --
Cause that bird has to work for its living.

DAILY PHOTO: Chobe River Sunset

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Photograph of a sunset taken from the Botswanan bank of the Chobe River in the Chobe National Park.

River Taco [Lyric Poem]

Photograph of Hippopotamus in the Chobe River, between Botswana and Namibia.
We kayak where lives Hippopotamus,
And hope it isn't submerged, a-bottom us.
With kayak a quite crunchy hard shell --
Us: savory filling that screams and yells, --
We'll be a three-bite river taco to hell.

Chiaroscuro Clouds [Haiku]

Photograph of clouds in various shades of light and dark taken at Caye Caulker, Belize.
at days end,
clouds not burning bright white
sink into black.

Wind Snitch [Free Verse]

Photograph of a wind turbine under blue skies. Taken along the highway between Budapest and Vienna.
The straight-stemmed turbines
are tattletales,
telling all about the stealthy
thief sneaking overhead.

With no clouds in the sky,
the wind could slip
out over the treetops,
and no one would know.

But the turbines turn,
slow as Taiji titans,
letting no movement
go untaxed.

Last Blossom [Haiku]

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

Fly [Haiku]

Photograph of a fly on a leaf, taken in Mussoorie.
fly in Summer,
buzzes around a cow --
dodging whip-tail.