Where Trees End [Senryū]

where the trees end,
a colony grows in a
cancerous fashion.

Shadowlands [Haiku]

Photograph taken in the Toroko Gorge, Taiwan.
toward day's end,
the shadowlands creep
down the valley.

Trickling Creek [Haiku]

creek that trickles
through a stark winterscape —
days from riverhood.

Hidden Spring [Haiku]

Photograph of a bare branch and small cloud taken in Grant Park of Atlanta.
branches aren't budding,
but shoots are sprouting
under dead leaves.

Snow Squirrel [Haiku]

Photograph of a squirrel on snow on Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec.
chubby squirrel
scampers across crusty snow --
crunchlessly!

Winter Woods [Haiku]

Photograph taken at Paces Mill Park.
Winter forest:
no creatures stir --
waterfall sound.

Beetle [Lyric Poem]

Photograph of beetle in Botswana, near the Chobe River.
A Beetle that was built like a tank
Crawled over a blazing riverbank
Now as any sane one would think
It should head straight for the drink
To cool off its little ole toes.
But as astute readers will know,
It hasn't really got any toes,
So, it can walk hot sands real slow.

The Regal Eagle [Lyric Poem]

A photograph of an African Fish Eagle taken in Chobe National Park in Botswana.
No bird ever seemed quite so regal
As a quietly perching eagle.
But it's not so much like a king
When it dismounts, to take wing --
Cause that bird has to work for its living.

DAILY PHOTO: Chobe River Sunset

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Photograph of a sunset taken from the Botswanan bank of the Chobe River in the Chobe National Park.

River Taco [Lyric Poem]

Photograph of Hippopotamus in the Chobe River, between Botswana and Namibia.
We kayak where lives Hippopotamus,
And hope it isn't submerged, a-bottom us.
With kayak a quite crunchy hard shell --
Us: savory filling that screams and yells, --
We'll be a three-bite river taco to hell.