DAILY PHOTO: Symphony Lake Fountains, Kuala Lumpur
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Dusky Valley [Haiku]
White Columns [Haiku]
white columns
rise from a mountain lake:
once mighty pines.
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“On Dongting Lake: To Premier Zhang” [临洞庭上张丞相] by Meng Haoran [孟浩然] [w/ Audio]
The lake is glassy in August.
The air and sky are oh-so clear.
Vapor steams off of Yunmeng ponds,
Ripples lap at Yueyang's piers.
There're no boats to cross the water.
Shame! I couldn't emulate sages.
I sit and watch a fisherman
And envy his catch and his wages.
This is poem #124 in 300 Tang Poems [唐诗三百首.] Original Poem in Simplified Chinese:
八月湖水平， 涵虚混太清。
气蒸云梦泽， 波撼岳阳城。
欲济无舟楫， 端居耻圣明。
坐观垂钓者， 空有羡鱼情。
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DAILY PHOTO: Ulsoor Lake by Morning
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Stork at Dusk [Haiku]
stork silhouette
stands on a sunken branch:
dusky summer eve.
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Blossom Drop [Haiku]
“Rain on Lotus” by Yang Wanli [w/ Audio]
Asleep on a leaf beneath lotus blooms,
Their fragrance floats across the misty lake.
Sudden rain - taps upon the canopy;
Its sound snaps me from sleep to wide awake!
The lotus is beaded with rain droplets --
Like pearls, drops roll together and apart;
The clear blobs coalesce like mercury,
Dripping to the river... back to their start.
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Early Spring [Haiku]
lake shimmer;
Spring sneaks in early --
trees still bare.
