Ripples [Haiku]

with back to tree,
 i watch feeding fish ripple
  the mirrored pond.

Missing Kittens [Tanka]

a momma cat
  mews many times to its 
   missing kittens.
 with each unanswered call,
 momma grows more insistent.

DAILY PHOTO: Fake Beach Near the Real Beach, Bali

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PROMPT: Quote

Do you have a quote you live your life by or think of often?

Four, actually:

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Plato (attributions vary)

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

William Shakespeare (in HamLet)

Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants.

Epictetus

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and avoid the people, you might better stay home.

James a. Michener

Christmas Orchid [Haiku]

nothing says Christmas
 like and orchid blooming 
  in December.

PROMPT: Holiday

What is your favorite holiday? Why is it your favorite?

Thanksgiving. No gifting. Full bellies. And the world would be a much better place if we all took more time to feel gratitude.

DAILY PHOTO: Spotted Doves & Balinese Offerings

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Exit Wound [Free Verse]

What tears away in leaving,
  when one has grown into:
         - a person?
         - a place?

Can one grow into someone
      (or somewhere) such that 
      one is fused in a way that
      won't allow separation 
      without leaving a sacrifice?

Maybe one can't help but be
       webbed into some wider world,
       and can't help but leave
       pieces of oneself littering the Earth. 

Crow Sound [Tanka]

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