DAILY PHOTO: Summer Scenes, Arabia Mountain Park

“Beginning My Studies” by Walt Whitman [w/ Audio]

Beginning my studies, the first step pleas'd me so much,
The mere fact, consciousness -- these forms -- the power of motion,
The least insect or animal -- the senses -- eyesight -- love;
The first step, I say, aw'd me and pleas'd me so much,
I have hardly gone, and hardly wish'd to go, any further,
But stop and loiter all the time, to sing it in ecstatic songs.

The Spring Thickens [Haiku]

Spring has arrived!
the view from glade to glade
through woods, is no more.

Secret Sunset [Haiku]

over the mountains,
the sun is setting
like a bad secret.

DAILY PHOTO: Mountain Villages, Nepal

“The Sick Rose” by William Blake [w/ Audio]

O Rose thou art sick.
The invisible worm
That flies in the night
In the howling storm,

Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy:
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy.

Night Heron [Senryū]

a night heron,
up & about at sunrise,
like diehard revellers.

A Tender Shade of Green [Haiku]

the leaves that hang
out over the river are
Early Spring green.

Lone Pine [Haiku]

a lone pine stands --
mangled and misshapen --
above other trees.

DAILY PHOTO: Watching Cloud Layers from a Mountaintop

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