DAILY PHOTO: Scenes From the North Laos Countryside

Photograph of creek, farmland, and mountains near Nam Dee, Luang Namtha, Laos.
Photograph of farmland and mountains near Nam Dee, Luang Namtha, Laos.
Photograph of creek, farmland, and mountains near Nam Dee, Luang Namtha, Laos.

DAILY PHOTO: Green Landscapes in Southern Armenia

Photograph of landscape with ruins taken in the Tatev region of Southern Armenia.
Photograph of green mountains in Southern Armenia near Tatev.
Photograph of fortification wall and landscape in Southern Armenia near Tatev.

Smash Fist [Senryū]

Photograph of Netravati Peak in Karnataka, India.
where hill meets clouds: 
knuckles of a Hulk-like fist
spark a daydream.

DAILY PHOTO: Tbilisi Scene from Queen Darejani Palace

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A photograph taken in Tbilisi, Georgia with Metekhi Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God in the fore (left) and Narikala Fortress in the background (probably from Queen Darejani Palace.)

DAILY PHOTO: Distant Mountains

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Photograph taken in northern Armenia. Purple flowers in the fore, mountains in the distant background, and partly cloudy skies.

Green Hills [Lyric Poem]

So many hills I have seen
That grow so soft and thick and green.
Though jagged rocks sit down below
The grass and shrubs and weeds that grow
Through cracks and gaps, in mud patches --
Sprawling wide from tight-knit batches
That stone cannot constrain or kill.

Hills of Tranquility [Free Verse]

Stony hills
Blanketed in green;
Softened -
Yet still hard.
Silent -
Yet riotous
As wind buffets
My face when I
Speed past.

“Little Echoed Hills” [小重山] by Yue Fei [岳飞] [w/ Audio]

Last night chirps resounded in the cold,
Through witching hour no sleep occurred.
I rose and slowly walked, alone.
Moonlight window glow, but no one stirred.

I've grayed in service and search of fame.
On hills, back home, the pines have grown old.
That's the story I'd let my lute tell,
If a string weren't broken &
there was someone to be told.

Ceiling’s Edge [Haiku]

cloud ceiling,
almost touched atop a hill,
parts in the distance.

DAILY PHOTO: Shimla Peeking Through

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