Category Archives: nature

Pond Level: Summer [Haiku]

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ring of sand
 around the pond:
  cooked down by Summer.

DAILY PHOTO: Limestone Mountains

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Dog-Rose [Haiku]

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lone Dog-rose bloom
 sways in a Spring breeze,
  lulling into trance.

DAILY PHOTO: A Shrine in Nà Giàng

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A shrine on the road to the Pác Bó Loop, in the Nà Giàng area -- Northwest of Cao Bang city.

Doghead Cloud [Haiku]

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Taken on the road between Cao Bang and the Pác Bó loop in Northern Vietnam.
doghead cloud
 pops up over the hill;
  as bike speeds along.

DAILY PHOTO: Love Waterfall, Vietnam

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Closeup of Love Waterfall
Portrait orientation photo of Love Waterfall.
The sign at Love Waterfall, near Sa Pa in Northern Vietnam.

DAILY PHOTO: Mountain & Farmland in North Vietnam

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A view of mountain and farmland taken along QL3 in Cao Bang District of Northern Vietnam.

Great Mormon [Haiku]

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Great Mormon Butterfly [Papilio Memnon]
Great Mormon
 flaps its wings spastically,
  yet hovers in place.

Lantern [Free Verse]

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The lightbulb inside
   A temple lantern
   Shines like the sun:
   Backdrop to painted 
   Branch & blossom...

But the fact that it's lit
  Means that it must be
  The moon.

Twilight River [Haiku]

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at twilight,
 the glassy river
  pretends stillness.