Tag Archives: animal

Snail Stealth [Haiku]

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snail on a stone wall
remains still for hours on end;
on my next pass, gone

DAILY PHOTO: Inanimate Camel Art

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Taken on the Sacred Way [Beijing Ming Tombs] in the summer of 2008
Taken in Dubai in 2017
Taken in Amritsar in April of 2016

DAILY PHOTO: Chipmunk Bullfighter, Amritsar

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Taken in Amritsar in April of 2016

Ocean Awe [Haiku]

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lost in ocean awe,
still enough that fish gather
in one's shadow

High Tree Hawk [Tanka]

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the high tree hawk
scans for prey from lofty heights;
the rat scurries -
unaware of far-flung foes,
but side to wall all the same

Parakeets [Haiku]

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hanging off a ledge,
parakeets fall into flight
to their next perch

DAILY PHOTO: Lizards in the Shade, Mexico

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Taken in Mexico (on Isla Contoy) around 2010

DAILY PHOTO: A Macaque Offers Its Opinion of the Weather

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Taken in July of 2014 in Kerala

Three Animal Haiku

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I
treed monkeys —
each set of roving eyes
finds its own mark


II
a squirrel sniffs,
smelling the plump acorn
beneath damp leaves


III
a housecat
stalks prey, tiger-like,
no-mind / tail-mind