after harvest
cows stubble graze, &
egrets hunt in the wake.
Secondary Feeders [Haiku]
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DAILY PHOTO: Cliff
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Ceiling’s Edge [Haiku]
cloud ceiling,
almost touched atop a hill,
parts in the distance.
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“I fear’d the fury of my wind” by William Blake [w/ Audio]
I fear’d the fury of my wind
Would blight all blossoms fair & true,
And my sun it shin’d & shin’d,
And my wind it never blew.
But a blossom fair or true
Was not found on any tree;
For all blossoms grew & grew
Fruitless, false, tho’ fair to see.
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Delta Drift [Haiku]
prow points seaward
in widening channel;
geese pass overhead.
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Camouflage [Senryū]
tree, wrapped in vines,
shape broken & trunk hidden;
an attempt to blend?
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Lament 4 [感遇四] by Zhang Jiuling [张九龄] [w/ Audio]
South of Yangtze, stands of red tangerine
Can endure winter while remaining green.
Is it that the weather there is so warm?
No. Their nature 's to bear a winter storm.
What might well serve the joyful traveler
Will be loathsome peril to passengers.
Fate factors in chance and situation --
Not playing around in cyclic rotation.
You may cultivate crops however you please,
But should heed shade thrown by mountains & trees.
This is the fourth poem in 300 Tang Poems [唐诗三百首] and the final poem of a quartet that opens that collection. The original in Simplified Chinese is:
江南有丹橘， 经冬犹绿林；
岂伊地气暖？ 自有岁寒心。
可以荐嘉客， 奈何阻重深！
运命惟所遇， 循环不可寻。
徒言树桃李， 此木岂无阴？
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Dizzying [Haiku]
mountain trail:
kicked stone sails, then drops...
out of sight.
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Hermitage [Haiku]
hermit climbs the hill:
clouds mask his ascent,
obscure the cavemouth.
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Spring’s Story [Haiku]
unfurled buds,
not drooped to gravity,
tell Spring’s story.
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