trees stand straight in the woods they call "haunted;" all i see are trees, but maybe they're ghost trees and I see nothing at all
Haunted Forest [Tanka]
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Color Town [Lai]
a colorful town - no beige, gray, or brown - flows wide flows river-like down that soft, rolling moun- tain side watching sun go down from the old playground, i slide
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DAILY PHOTO: Kangchenjunga, Two Views
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Jaguar [Tanka]
even at rest, the jaguar looks fast - as long as its eyes are focused & its feet pad the ground
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DAILY PHOTO: Dali Monastery
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Dreaming Evil Clowns [Spencerian Sonnet]
My lungs were burning as I ran through town, and tried to escape the streets of cobbled stone and he from whom I ran, that evil clown, whose paint obscured a face I once had known, but how could I know something that's unknown and, thinking that, I knew it made no sense, though I knew it true deep within my bones. Then stirred by eyes so burning and intense, I picked a pointy stick for my defense, and chucked it at the creature's beastly heart. I missed its heart by width of a ten-pence. The clown, in turn, tossed it back like a dart. Awaking to sharp pains in my frail chest, the clown had slayed me, or so I guessed.
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Sunset on the River [Haiku]
the sun sets as we drift down the river, past grand temples
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DAILY PHOTO: Black Hole of Calcutta Memorial
Shakespeare’s Tragedies, Condensed: Part, The Last
I King Lear too much loved being praised, and too little recognized love. He shunned the daughter he should’ve kept, and held tightly those in need of a shove. II Timon of Athens spent lavishly, but then - in his time of great need - no one would return the favor, so he gave his last coin to watch Athens bleed. III Antony is a love-struck boy, and plots are afoot he can't grasp. He ends in slow suicide by sword, while Cleopatra goes out with an Asp. IV Coriolanus was kind of a jerk, and that's why he was exiled. But he could vanquish all of Rome. Death to the reciprocally reviled!
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Shakespeare’s Tragedies, Condensed: Part, The Second
I Oh, in Titus Andronicus, every noteworthy character dies, one 's raped, loses her tongue and hands -- she's the only one we don't despise. II Brutus's downfall is said to be being too mellow of a guy, but he does partake in the stab-fest -- so maybe just poor at ally. III Othello trips on jealousy when Iago plants a hankie. Iago gets all of the blame, but it's not like it was her panties.
