DAILY PHOTO: Sunlight Crawls Up the Valley

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A Poor Place to Be [Lyric Poem]

A turned field on a cloudy day.
 A clapboard shack, with threat of rain.

Oh, it's so dark and gloomy -
 a rickety roost, not so roomy.

Staring out the window, wondering:
 was that sound grumble or thundering?

Grumble of stomach, thunder of sky?
 And I can't see out this bad eye. 

Mountain Life [Haiku]

in misty mountains,
 lichen & moss carpeted,
  two mushrooms stand tall.

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Tshoka

Jewelwing [Haiku]

on a maple leaf,
 a jewelwing stands - still.
  it'd blend, if not so blue.

A Dog Day Ends [Haiku]

a dog day ends,
 pine needles silhouetted
  against orange sky.

Autumn Shore [Haiku]

cool blue skies, &
 dry grass on the hillside --
  seashore in Autumn

Imposing Clouds [Tanka]

imposing clouds
 seem to hover over
  the palace,
 but then one sees the drift,
 and they are drifting nearer.

Living Backwards [Tanka]

young red leaf,
 on a sapling in Spring,
  slowly grows green.
 doesn't it know it should start green,
  and turn red in the Fall?

DAILY PHOTO: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

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