The reptile known as the Five-Lined Skink is silent, but not as covert as you'd think. From the front end it blends, but its bright blue back end catches the eye no matter how slowly it slinks.
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Category Archives: nature
Fish Drift Relativity [Haiku]
"the fish's world is always in drift," thinks I, from the bank.
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Green Pond [Haiku]
Still Eye [Haiku]
along the seashore, everything is in motion, but the crow's eye.
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Cold Moon [Haiku]
full moon
over Fishtail Mountain-
breath swirls in cold air.
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Elephantine March [Free Verse]
The herd is on the march.
They lumber with slow
determination.
The young achieve
playful swagger,
but aren't allowed
too wide of the line.
I wonder whether they're
going someplace good?
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Predator at Rest [Haiku]
Little Yellow Flowers [Haiku]
i look beyond, but see only the flowers in the foreground.
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DAILY PHOTO: Fire Clouds at Sundown
Scale Change [Haiku]
boulders in a pond become the stone monolith islands in a sea.
