Category Archives: outdoors

DAILY PHOTO: Beomeosa Temple Outbuilding

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Photograph taken on the grounds of Beomeosa Temple on the outskirts of Busan, South Korea.

DAILY PHOTO: Doddagaddavalli Lakshmi Devi Temple

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Photograph of Doddagaddavalli Lakshmi Devi Temple in Karnataka, India.

Horizon [Haiku]

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Photograph taken from the coast near Melaka, Malaysia of ships on a distant horizon. 
ships at horizon
 look tiny between vast sea
  & endless sky.

DAILY PHOTO: Palms & Mountains, Vang Vieng

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Photograph of a palm tree in the fore and karst mountains in the background. Taken outside Vang Vieng, Laos.
Photograph with Vang Vieng Village and a palm tree in the foreground, and karst mountains in the background.

Chinese Painting [Tanka]

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Photograph taken at sundown in Vang Vieng, Laos.
sunlight washes out
 the distant mountains; 
  they look like
 an old Chinese painting --
 ink faded with age.

DAILY PHOTO: Turquoise Waters of Kuang Si

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Photograph of bathers at Kuang Si waterfall in Ban Long, Laos.
Photograph of teal water at one of the terraced drop offs of Kuang Si waterfall in Laos.
Photograph of a cascade and turquoise pool at Kuang Si waterfall in Laos.
Photograph of rushing water and a teal pool at Kuang Si waterfall in Laos.

Mountain Azalea [Lyric Poem]

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Photograph of a cluster of pink Mountain Azalea with barren woods in the background. Taken on the Sawnee Mountain Trail in North Georgia.
One cluster of Mountain Azalea
   Stands out like royal regalia,
 Adorning a near naked vagrant --
    But much more pleasingly fragrant.

Blue Sky [Haiku]

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Photograph of bare trees and blue sky taken on the Sawnee Mountain Trail in North Georgia, near Cumming. 
blue sky
 seen through bare limbs;
  when will Spring arrive?

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes From the North Laos Countryside

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Photograph of creek, farmland, and mountains near Nam Dee, Luang Namtha, Laos.
Photograph of farmland and mountains near Nam Dee, Luang Namtha, Laos.
Photograph of creek, farmland, and mountains near Nam Dee, Luang Namtha, Laos.

White [Lyric Poem]

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Against the bright white palace domes
   fluffy clouds seem a tad too much,
 and so they start to limp on home
   like a gimp beggar on his crutch.