light & shadow play
across the mountains —
redrawing ridges.
Shapeshifter [Haiku]
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Category Archives: nature
Barbed-Wire Highway [Haiku]
barbed-wire strand:
a two-way ant highway,
around the pasture.
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Schrödinger’s Dragonfly [Haiku]
DAILY PHOTO: Nam Dee Waterfall, Luang Namtha
“Song of the Open Road” (9 of 15) by Walt Whitman [w/ Audio]
Allons! whoever you are come travel with
me!
Traveling with me you find what never tires.
The earth never tires,
The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible
at first, Nature is rude and
incomprehensible at first,
Be not discouraged, keep on, there are
divine things well envelop'd,
I swear to you there are divine things more
beautiful than words can tell.
Allons! we must not stop here,
However sweet these laid-up stores, however
convenient this dwelling we cannot
remain here,
However shelter'd this port and however
calm these waters we must not anchor
here,
However welcome the hospitality that
surrounds us we are permitted to receive
it but a little while.
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Moonrise [Free Verse]
Moonrise --
big and bright --
over a quiet town.
People stare --
alone but simultaneously --
'til the milky light
hurts their eyes.
This moon reminds them
of one from childhood
but seems unlike so many since...
But it's all one moon.
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Gangly Sunflower [Haiku]
in an open field,
one sunflower towers,
its head drooping.
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Grassy Bank [Haiku]
Autumn morn sunlight
brightens the grassy bank,
& throws long shadows.
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Chimpanzee [Lyric Poem]
Our closest relative, the Chimpanzee
Lacks our affinity to be fancy.
To them we are but pant-wearing buffoons
Who've lost all freedom to shoot the moon.
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Day’s End Fail [Senryū]
at day's end,
the sun dips behind a tree,
but fails to hide.
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