Straight & Tall [Haiku]

slender-stalked mushroom 
stands straight & tall & still,
but not for long.

DAILY PHOTO: Stone Mountain Lake

Understory [Haiku]

big-leafed saplings
line the understory:
wee cascade murmurs.

Grazing Deer [Senryū]

grazing deer
pays hikers no heed:
too noisy for threat.

DAILY PHOTO: A Little Birdhouse

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Photograph of a birdhouse on the Fairy Trail at Sawnee Mountain Park.

DAILY PHOTO: Autumn Forest

Photograph taken in Big Trees Forest Preserve in Sandy Springs, Georgia.
Photograph taken in Big Trees Forest Preserve in Sandy Springs, Georgia.
Photograph taken in Big Trees Forest Preserve in Sandy Springs, Georgia.

Skulking Deer [Senryū]

Photograph of a deer taken from Alpharetta's Big Creek Greenway Trail.
step: "Crunch - Crack!" --
skulking deer startles itself,
looks out: who noticed?

Where Trees End [Senryū]

where the trees end,
a colony grows in a
cancerous fashion.

Winter Woods [Haiku]

Photograph taken at Paces Mill Park.
Winter forest:
no creatures stir --
waterfall sound.

Disappointed Sparrow [Kyōka]

Photograph of a large, bowl-like, mushroom stuck to a tree in a forest. Taken along the Big Creek Greenway in Alpharetta, GA.
birdbath grows from
fungus on a dead log;
flitting sparrow
is disappointed to find
no water remains within.