DAILY PHOTO: Zambezi River Afternoon

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Photograph of the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe as the sun is getting low.

DAILY PHOTO: Angry Adolescent Tusker

Photograph of an aggressive adolescent elephant in Botswana's Chobe National Park.
Photograph of a posturing young tusker near the Chobe River's edge in Botswana.

Felonious Fig [Free Verse]

Photograph of a Strangler Fig straddling a stone wall -- taken at Ta Prom, Angkor, Cambodia.
I thought I caught a fig tree,
escaping over a stone wall,
but when I turned my attention
upon it, it stayed so very still.

DAILY PHOTO: Helsinki from the Ferry

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Photograph of the Helsinki waterfront taken from the ferry to Suomenlinna with seagulls in tow.

Grazing Deer [Senryū]

grazing deer
pays hikers no heed:
too noisy for threat.

Winter Sunlight [Tanka]

Photograph of the Pest side of Budapest taken from Gellért Hill.
low winter sun
shines upon the city
while residents
walk shadow-dimmed streets
and fluffy clouds grow angry.

DAILY PHOTO: Volcano Morning

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Photograph of Puncak Gunung Agung volcano taken from Ahmed Beach on the east coast of Bali.

DAILY PHOTO: A Gray Lake

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Photograph of Big Almaty Lake (Үлкен Алматы көлі) near Almaty, Kazakhstan. The lakes color changes over the course of the year. Here it is a sediment loaded gray color.

Little Blue [Haiku]

Photograph of a blue Chicory flower, taken near Kolsay Lake in Kazakhstan.
from a gliding boat,
a little blue flower spied
as all else blurs.

Nature’s AC [Haiku]

Photograph of a small cascade between and around mossy rocks taken on the Kolsay Lake hike in Kazakhstan.
water rolls past
moss green rocks;
hikers pause in cool.