Category Archives: nature

Dandelion [Limerick]

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“Spring has lined all roads with dandelions.”
 At this a young girl started cryin’
     You see, to her ear,
     ‘Twas rational fear,
 For she was afraid of Dandy Lions.

DAILY PHOTO: Amboseli Cranes

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Photograph of two Gray-Crowned Cranes foraging in the Amboseli wetlands.
Photograph of two Gray-Crowned Cranes foraging in the Amboseli wetlands.
Photograph of one Gray-Crowned Crane standing tall in Kenya's Amboseli National Park.

Prickly Pear [Haiku]

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prickly pears bloom: 
 yellow offering bowls —
  bees give & take.

DAILY PHOTO: Valley, Boz-Salkyn

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Photograph of valley with yurts in Boz-Salkyn, Kyrgyzstan.
Photograph taken on the Boz-Salkyn trek, south of Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan.
Photograph taken down the mountain at Boz-Salkyn, Kyrgyzstan.

Vanishing [Haiku]

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Photograph of a streambed and cloudy mountains take on the Annapurna Sactuary Trek in Nepal.
moving up valley,
 fog thickens until there
  is only the step.

Mountain Blue [Haiku]

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Photograph of blue skies over a small roadside stop in the Andes between Cuzco and Puno.
mountain skies:
 fade to a blue so deep
  it chills the bones.

Monster Toes [Free Verse]

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Photograph of a thorny tree taken in the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore.
tree trunk studded by thorns
   that look like 
       mean monster toenails
   with gnarly green cuticles,

even tree-huggers stay at
   arm’s length.

DAILY PHOTO: Yellow River of Stone Mountain

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DAILY PHOTO: Blue Sky & Golden Grass

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Photograph of blue skies over golden grasses, taken in Chaminuka Nature Reserve outside of Lusaka, Zambia.
Photograph of tawny tall grass, taken in Chaminuka Nature Reserve outside of Lusaka, Zambia.
Photograph of tawny tall grass under blue skies, taken in Chaminuka Nature Reserve outside of Lusaka, Zambia.

DAILY PHOTO: Three Views of the Chattahoochee

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Photograph of the Chattahoochee River taken in Paces Mill Park.
Photograph of the Chattahoochee River taken in Paces Mill Park.
Photograph of the Chattahoochee River taken in Paces Mill Park.