DAILY PHOTO: White Buddha, Blue Sky

“Fragmentary Blue” by Robert Frost [w/ Audio]

Why make so much of fragmentary blue
In here and there a bird, or butterfly,
Or flower, or wearing-stone, or open eye,
When heaven presents in sheets the solid hue?

Since earth is earth, perhaps, not heaven (as yet) ---
Though some savants make earth include the sky;
And blue so far above us comes so high,
It only gives our wish for blue a whet.

Blue Sky Perspective [Lyric Poem]

What ancient tower sits
Under the patch of blue...
Exposed by tearing clouds
To give a boundless view.

Well, however ancient
And however stately,
I view it with less awe,
Or even quite sedately.

For it's a babe below
The ever-spreading sky;
Its edges - broad and tall -
Exaggerate -- They lie!

Monsoon Break [Haiku]

after many days 
of dreary clouds & rain:
blue skies!

DAILY PHOTO: Blue Sky Bratislava

Tiny Island [Haiku]

a tiny island
of blue wildflowers
in a sea of yellow.

Summer Sparkle [Haiku]

summer sunlight
sparkles on a blue lake --
always distantly.

Red Blossoms [Haiku]

red blossom-laden
branches race across
blue summer skies.

Not the Face! [Senryū]

a young skink's
vibrant cobalt blue tail
says, "Not the Face!"

Spanish Moss [Haiku]

Spanish Moss drapes
from the bare branches over
the cool blue river.