Tag Archives: haiku

Monsoon Green [Haiku]

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Photograph taken atop Kaurava Kunda near Chikkaballapur, Karnataka, India.
what passed for desert
 before monsoon is now
  green and waterlogged.

Shadowland [Haiku]

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Photograph of pastureland north of Gwalior near Mawai in Madhya Pradesh.
big, gray cloud 
 looms overhead: shadow
  inescapable

Dog Day [Haiku]

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Photograph of late afternoon from Gudibande Fort near Chikkaballapur, Karnataka, India. 
orange-tinged sky
 as a dog day afternoon
  draws to a close.

Two Worlds / One Valley [Haiku]

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Photograph taken in Stepantsminda down the Terek River valley towards Russia.
sunny mountains;
 down the valley farmers
  socked in by clouds.

Breeze [Haiku]

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Photograph taken in Gölkənarı Gəzinti Parkı, facing toward the Heydar Mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan.
reeds bend and rebound
 to breezes unnoticed 
  in the city.

Nature DGAF [Haiku]

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Photograph of bitterweed around a grave in a cemetery in Baku, Azerbaijan.
wildflowers grow
 around an unattended grave;
  pooped on by birds.

Between Rains [Senryū]

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Photograph of wildflowers atop South Mountain near Gyeongju, South Korea.
wildflowers warm soul
 as step into puddle chills
  the whole body.

Toad’s Time [Senryū]

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Photograph of a Fire-Bellied Toad taken near Gyeongju, South Korea.
toad looks primed to leap;
 i watch... and watch..., but no.
  glancing back; it's gone.

Fawn [Haiku]

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fawn rests
 beneath the big leaves
  of new saplings

Stony Ground [Haiku]

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hot patch of granite:
 from any crack or cranny
  something learns to grow.