Tag Archives: haiku

A Sun Within [Haiku]

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Photograph of purple and yellow water lilies taken in Hanoi, Vietnam.
purple lilies
 open to reveal
  a Sun within.

Mountain Mist [Haiku]

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hot summer day,
 sitting downwind of cascade:
   misted by spatter.

God’s Eye [Senryū]

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Photograph of God's Eye Mountain in the Cao Bang Province of Vietnam.
hiked halfway around
 the God's Eye Mountain before
  its name made sense.

Stony Ground [Haiku]

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Photograph of a tree on the granite hill named Uttari Betta in Karnataka, India. 
roots grow down
 through stony ground -- still,
  Spring brings deep green.

Cold Bayou [Haiku]

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Photograph taken in the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area near Slidell, Louisiana.
gators sleep:
 buried in muddy banks;
   a lonely bird flies.

Naked Wisdom [Haiku]

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Photograph of a barren tree taken on the Butch Kennedy Trail, near Lake Hartwell, in South Carolina. 
one bare tree
 knew not to bud or bloom
  before the last freeze.

Gnawed Hickory Nut [Haiku]

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Photograph of Big Creek Trail in Roswell, Georgia.
bench beside trail:
 vacant but for a gnawed
  hickory nutshell.

Skulking Deer [Senryū]

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

Cold Creek [Haiku]

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Photograph taken near the start of the Mae Yen Waterfall trek at Pai, Thailand. 
butterflies dance
 beside a cold creek, 
  near sun-warmed leaves.

Gust [Haiku]

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Photograph taken at Pai Canyon near Pai, Thailand.
Autumn gust
 sends leaf fluttering --
  cat paws at it.