Category Archives: nature

Little Yellow Flowers [Haiku]

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i look beyond,
 but see only the flowers
  in the foreground.

DAILY PHOTO: Fire Clouds at Sundown

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Scale Change [Haiku]

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boulders in a pond
 become the stone monolith
  islands in a sea.

Scrubland Hilltop [Haiku]

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in the scrublands,
 each step raises a dust puff,
  but rain is coming.

DAILY PHOTO: Mount Agung from Amed

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Covert Cave [Lyric Poem]

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Do you know how deep the darkness goes?
 No. Chiaroscuro black conceals
  all but what's divulged by echoes,
   and figments spastic minds reveal.

Red Blossoms [Haiku]

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red blossoms
 in the understory,
  briefly catch the sun.

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Annapurna Base Camp

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Yin – Yang World [Haiku]

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mountain morning:
 sun-warmed icecaps over
  a valley of night.

Mongoose Crossing [Free Verse]

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A mongoose crosses the road.
 My mind makes it Rikki Tikki Tavi.

Is there a cobra in the tall grass?
 Is this a heroic mongoose? 

The mongoose disappears from sight,
 and I'm left with no answers.