overflown banks:
trees stand strong
against the flow.
Stand Strong [Haiku]
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DAILY PHOTO: Hualien Martyrs’ Shrine
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Spring Snow [Haiku]
PROMPT: Discuss
Virtually anything but myself. Philosophy, literature, science, economics, public policy, meditation, martial arts, health / well-being, travel, nature, culture, food, the end of the world as we know it, etc.
I do have some blind spots where I could not speak intelligently (e.g. large swathes of history, sports, and pop culture.)
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“Soft as the massacre of Suns” (1127) by Emily Dickinson [w/ Audio]
PROMPT: Risk
I had lunch at a hole-in-the-wall joint with a truly astounding population of flies yesterday.
The meal was delectable.
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White Columns [Haiku]
white columns
rise from a mountain lake:
once mighty pines.
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DAILY PHOTO: Mountains at Kaindy Lake
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Empty Pasture [Haiku]
in woods' shade,
cattle sit or stand, &
file barn-ward at dusk.
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“The Human Abstract” by William Blake [w/ Audio]
Pity would be no more
If we did not make somebody Poor;
And Mercy no more could be
If all were happy as we.
And mutual fear brings peace,
Till the selfish loves increase;
Then Cruelty knits a snare,
And spreads his baits with care.
He sits down with holy fears,
And waters the ground with tears;
Then Humility takes its root
Underneath his foot.
Soon spreads the dismal shade
Of Mystery over his head;
And the Catterpiller and Fly
Feed on the Mystery.
And it bears the fruit of Deceit,
Ruddy and sweet to eat;
And the Raven his nest has made
In its thickest shade.
The Gods of the earth and sea
Sought thro' Nature to find this Tree;
But their search was all in vain:
There grows one in the Human Brain.
