DAILY PHOTO: Spotted Doves & Balinese Offerings

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Crow Sound [Tanka]

the sharp caw
 of a crow triggers a monk's
  enlightenment.
 a second crow responds.
 a sailor doesn't look up.

Painted Stork [Haiku]

a painted stork, 
at water’s edge,
seeks its moment.

Winter Woods [Haiku]

through winter woods,
the hilltop clearly stands
that hides in spring.

Water Landing [Haiku]

a white bird
& its black reflection
flare together.

Prowling Egret [Haiku]

summer: at dawn,
in liquid metal waters,
an egret prowls.

That’s Some Fine Flocking [Haiku]

each bird in a flock
 oriented differently --
  yet, no collisions.

Garden Lizard [Tanka]

a garden lizard
 can't resolve whether to
  scurry, or to 
 be master of all 
 that it surveys?

Non-Mutant Ninja Turtle [Haiku]

turtle on a log
looks stuck, but vanishes
in an eye blink.

No Cry [Haiku in contrast to Matsuo Bashō’s experience]

back at the trailhead:
 no birds cry;
  no fish weep.

Riffing on Matsuo Bashō’s haiku:

"Departing spring!
 Birds crying;
 Tears in the eyes of fish."