hard, compact earth
where nothing grows;
bird hops, then flies off.
Desert [Haiku]
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Tag Archives: Andes
DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Lake Titicaca
PROMPT: Shoes
Daily writing prompt
Tell us about your favorite pair of shoes, and where they’ve taken you.
I don’t get attached. They’ll always let you down in the end. I took them to the Andes, the Himalaya — places most people only dream of going — but, ultimately, they just fell apart on me when I needed them most.
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DAILY PHOTO: Amantani Island Jetty
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DAILY PHOTO: Huayna Picchu
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DAILY PHOTO: Desolate Beauty, Peruvian Andes
Andean Limerick
There was a gambler from the Andes who was fond of upping the antes, but he got in deep debt and started to bet: "beachfront property here in the Andes!"
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The Abyss [Haiku]
as the sun sets the lake waters blacken to a vague abyss
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Nowhere Station [Haibun]
The tawny landscape was tinged with the green that landlubbers take on in rolling seas or flatlanders show on a high mountain pass. The world looked like it was being viewed through shooter's glasses -- except for the azure infinity overhead that was unafflicted by sickly hues. Railroad tracks arced the length of the valley and it was a long valley - so long the tracks almost looked line like. The lack of other signs of humanity might have led one to believe it was the train to nowhere, but there was a solitary station in the middle of the valley and there can't be a station in the middle of nowhere on the way to nowhere. Or, can there be? Maybe, nowhere is like infinity, existing in larger and smaller degrees. a single building and a long covered platform, but just i, waiting
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DAILY PHOTO: Machu Picchu in the Distance
Tiger Riding for Beginners 