Yellow Blossom [Haiku]

yellow blossoms
herald the Spring:
fragrance spreads the news.

DAILY PHOTO: Dramatic Skies Over Georgia Tech

Red Maple [Tanka]

early Spring seed pods
of Red Maple hold tight
- patiently —
til one day in late Spring:
they’ll drop, spin, and fly.

Fogless Fog [Haiku]

white blossoms 
seen through still bare trees:
looks like fog, sans fog.

DAILY PHOTO: Infinite Buddhas

Photograph of rows of gold Buddhas taken at Fo Guang Shan, near Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Photograph of gold Buddhas arranged by staircases at Fo Guang Shan, near Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Alone in the Cold [Haiku]

solitary duck
huddles with itself,
against the cold.

DAILY PHOTO: Hualien Martyrs’ Shrine [花蓮縣忠烈祠]

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A photograph of the Hualien Martyrs' Shrine (花蓮縣忠烈祠) in Hualien, Taiwan.

Winter Springs [Haiku]

Photograph of the Beitou hot springs outside of Taipei.
an eerie fog
weaves through the trees:
Winter hot springs.

Night Sun [Haiku]

a full moon glows:
its color, pale yellow —
posing as the sun.

Where Trees End [Senryū]

where the trees end,
a colony grows in a
cancerous fashion.