Category Archives: outdoors

DAILY PHOTO: Rusty Bridge

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Photograph of a rusty drawbridge in the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area near Slidell, Louisiana.

Cold Bayou [Haiku]

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Photograph taken in the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area near Slidell, Louisiana.
gators sleep:
 buried in muddy banks;
   a lonely bird flies.

Locus [Common Meter]

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One clump of flowers has the power
   To lure the eye’s focus.
 The background blurs as mind infers
    Which hue shall be the locus.

DAILY PHOTO: Lake, Low & Blue

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Photograph taken of Lake Hartwell in Georgia, under deep blue skies.

Naked Wisdom [Haiku]

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Photograph of a barren tree taken on the Butch Kennedy Trail, near Lake Hartwell, in South Carolina. 
one bare tree
 knew not to bud or bloom
  before the last freeze.

Gnawed Hickory Nut [Haiku]

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Photograph of Big Creek Trail in Roswell, Georgia.
bench beside trail:
 vacant but for a gnawed
  hickory nutshell.

Skulking Deer [Senryū]

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Photograph of a deer taken from Alpharetta's Big Creek Greenway Trail.
step: "Crunch - Crack!" --
 skulking deer startles itself,
  looks out: who noticed?

DAILY PHOTO: Forest Temple at Pai Bamboo Bridge

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Photograph taken from the Bamboo Bridge outside of Pai, Thailand.

Cold Creek [Haiku]

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Photograph taken near the start of the Mae Yen Waterfall trek at Pai, Thailand. 
butterflies dance
 beside a cold creek, 
  near sun-warmed leaves.

Gust [Haiku]

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Photograph taken at Pai Canyon near Pai, Thailand.
Autumn gust
 sends leaf fluttering --
  cat paws at it.