Category Archives: nature

“Daniel Boone” by Stephen Vincent Benét [w/ Audio]

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When Daniel Boone goes by, at night,
 The phantom deer arise
 And all is lost, wild America
 Is burning in their eyes.

Hawkweed [Haiku]

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Hawkweed blooms
 beside a creek that sparkles
  with summer sunlight.

Trampled [Haiku]

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beside the trail:
 a trampled dandelion
  springs back, slowly.

DAILY PHOTO: Rocky River

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Early Spring [Haiku]

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lake shimmer;
 Spring sneaks in early --
  trees still bare.

DAILY PHOTO: Green & Snowcapped Mountains

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Spring [Haiku]

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Spring greenery
 catches sunlight;
  tiny birds chitter.

Foggy Forest [Haiku]

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fog floats in;
 rows of trees consumed
  by whiteness.

Hermit [Senryū]

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mountain hermit
 looks over the city…
  turns, walks back to hut.

Crimson Fig [Haiku]

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sunbeams pass through 
 a reddened Sacred Fig: 
  one hundred warm hues.