Tag Archives: Boat

Adrift [Haiku]

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Photograph taken on the Peñol Reservoir (lake) near Guatape, Colombia.
adrift on a lake:
 matched by the clouds
  that float overhead.

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Lake Titicaca

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Photograph taken from Amantani Island in Lake Titicaca. Taken from the hilltop over the roof of a thatched hut.
Photograph taken on one of the Uros floating islands of Lake Titicaca with a reed boat along the island's edge.
Photograph of a boat at dock on Amantani Island in Lake Titicaca.

DAILY PHOTO: Ferrys on the Perfume River

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Photograph of a docked river ferry on Hue's Perfume River.
Photograph showing two ornate ferries on the Perfume River as it runs through Huế, Vietnam.

DAILY PHOTO: Helsinki from the Ferry

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Photograph of the Helsinki waterfront taken from the ferry to Suomenlinna with seagulls in tow.

Little Blue [Haiku]

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Photograph of a blue Chicory flower, taken near Kolsay Lake in Kazakhstan.
from a gliding boat,
 a little blue flower spied
  as all else blurs.

Wake [Haiku]

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Photograph of the Danube River as it flows through Bratislava, Slovakia. 
boat chugs upriver,
 slipping from sight, but for
  its wake's arrow.

Head On [Haiku]

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two sailboats 
 tack toward collision, 
  then glide smoothly past.

Sunrise Fisher [Haiku]

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A fisherman paddling a canoe on the Rudrasagar Lake (a.k.a. Twijilikma) in Melaghar, Tripura, India. 
weary fisherman 
 paddles sunrise-tinged lake
  to cast nets.

Racing Darkness [Haiku]

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longtail boat
 putters home at day's end,
  racing darkness.

“On this wondrous sea” (4) by Emily Dickinson [w/ Audio]

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On this wondrous sea
Sailing silently,
Ho! Pilot, ho!
Knowest thou the shore
Where no breakers roar --
Where the storm is o'er?
 
In the peaceful west
Many the sails at rest --
The anchors fast --
Thither I pilot thee --
Land Ho! Eternity!
Ashore at last!