Category Archives: outdoors

DAILY PHOTO: Erskine Memorial Fountain

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DAILY PHOTO: Shirley C. Franklin Pumping Station

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Photograph of the Bellwood Quarry Reservoir and the Shirley C. Franklin Pumping Station.

Reflection [Haiku]

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Photograph taken on Margit Island in the middle of the Danube River. 
statue gazes down
 as if viewing the painting
  by trees on water

DAILY PHOTO: Tikal Temple Tops Taken from Temple IV

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Photograph of the tops of Temples I and II taken from atop Temple IV at Tikal in Guatemala.
Photograph of the tops of Temples II, I, and III (left to right) from atop Temple IV at Tikal in Guatemala.

One Day… [Haiku]

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Photograph of the Main River as it flows through Frankfurt am Main. 
a plank of wood
 floats downriver past houses
  clustered on the bank.

Forbidden [Free Verse]

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A photograph taken inside Beijing's Forbidden City in the Summer of 2008.
One afternoon, in the
     Forbidden City,
 People roam about -- 
     Sightseeing.

The very next morning,
      A single line of tracks
          Through freshly fallen snow
      Cuts across the very
          Same yard.

Snow Squirrel [Haiku]

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

Winter Woods [Haiku]

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

Beetle [Lyric Poem]

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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]

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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.