dust rises, in little eddies, with each footfall.
The Scrublands [Haiku]
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Artificial Intelligence Limerick
There once was a cutting-edge AI, whose code discouraged telling a lie. Asked about our species: "Your thinking is feces, but you're smarter than the average fruit fly."
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DAILY PHOTO: Qoq Jaiyq Valley, Kyrgyzstan
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The Churn [Free Verse]
The water churns --
no smooth laminar flow.
Each molecule fights its way
down the mountain.
Sloshing up into evaporation, or
dragged, swirling, across
the rocky bottom.
This is no mighty, muddy river
in a gentle glide.
It's pretty chaos;
just the kind I'm used to.
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That’s Some Fine Flocking [Haiku]
each bird in a flock oriented differently -- yet, no collisions.
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Winter River [Haiku]
winter sky mixes: thick clouds, thin clouds, no clouds. light dances, briefly.
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DAILY PHOTO: Nyugati Pályaudvar
PROMPT: Nervous
What makes you nervous?
A combination of neurotransmitters and hormones. An overactive / unchecked limbic system. Stuff like that. Basic physiology.
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Mythical Kings [Common Meter]
Don't sell us benevolent kings, such creatures can't exist. An unchecked mind won't self-censor, and lame dogma persists.
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Pilgrimage [Haiku]
a line of pilgrims stretches up the mountain to an unseen sanctum.
Tiger Riding for Beginners 