DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Kadalekai Parishe 2023 [Bangalore Groundnut Festival]
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PROMPT: Physical Activity
I don’t have a favorite, but there are several that I could not maintain health and sanity without, including: hiking, yoga, calisthenics, taiji / qigong, free movement, and at least one cardio (I currently swim and run.) I’m currently struggling with juggling.
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“There is no Frigate like a Book” (1286) by Emily Dickinson [w/ Audio]
There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away
Nor any Coursers like a Page
Of prancing Poetry --
This Traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of Toll --
How frugal is the Chariot
That bears the Human Soul --
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Tree Snake [Senryū]
DAILY PHOTO: Trees of Lalbagh
Cormorant Flotilla [Haiku]
cormorant heads
drift over the water:
fishing in formation.
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Four Haiku by Kobayashi Issa [w/ Audio]
muddy clogs
beside each gate;
Spring is here.
"don't swat!"
the fly rubs its hands,
then rubs its feet.
autumn rain,
a small sumo wrestler
pushes through.
sleeping in a row,
the Shinano mountains:
under snow blanket.
In Japanese:
門門の下駄の泥より春立ちぬ
やれ打つな蠅が手を摺り足をする
秋の雨小さき角力通りけり
寝ならぶやしなのの山も夜の雪
From: Wilson, William Scott. 2023. A Beginners Guide to Japanese Haiku. North Clarendon, VT: Tuttle Publishing, 224pp.
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Banyan Columns [Haiku]
banyan roots
form cathedral columns
for the inner sanctum.
Tiger Riding for Beginners 