Tag Archives: haiku

Burnt [Haiku]

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Photograph of an incense burner at a Chinese temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
smoky tendrils
 rise and sprawl to the void,
  so, too, the prayers?

Blank & Blue [Haiku]

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Photograph of cacti, blue sky, and mountains, taken near Huambo, Peru in the vicinity of Colca Canyon.
sky -- blank & blue --
 stretches mountain to mountain;
  unseen raptor: "screech!"

Fungi Time [Haiku]

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mushroom stands tall;
 wasn’t there the day before,
  may be gone the next.

Understory [Haiku]

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

Foggy Fort [Senryū]

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Photograph taken atop Hrad Devín, near Bratislava on a foggy December day.
high on a hill fort --
 enshrouded in clouds;
   one can see for... meters?

Grazing Deer [Senryū]

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

Winter Sunlight [Tanka]

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Photograph of the Pest side of Budapest taken from Gellért Hill.
low winter sun
 shines upon the city
  while residents
 walk shadow-dimmed streets
 and fluffy clouds grow angry.

Crow Mind [Kyōka]

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Photograph of a crow atop an outdoor lighting fixture at Tokyo's Imperial Palace.
crow on lamppost 
 contemplates a CAW!
  but is silenced
 by a morsel clamped
 in its beak.

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.