Tag Archives: nature

Chasing Grandeur [Free Verse]

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Photograph of mountain looming over the city, taken at Sapa, Vietnam.
I saw the mountaintop, 
   but by the time I climbed 
       the mountain,
 I was in the clouds and 
   could not see back to
       where I'd been.

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.

DAILY PHOTO: Uttari Betta

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Photograph taken at Uttari Betta in Karnataka, India on a cloudy monsoon season day.
Photograph taken atop Uttari Betta in Karnataka, India with the farmland far below in the background.
Photograph of precariously positioned rocks atop Uttari Betta in Karnataka, India.

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.

DAILY PHOTO: River to Nowhere

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Photograph of the Chattahoochee River taken from a bridge such that it looks like the river just comes to an end.

Locus [Common Meter]

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One clump of flowers has the power
   To lure the eye’s focus.
 The background blurs as mind infers
    Which hue shall be the locus.

DAILY PHOTO: Lake, Low & Blue

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Photograph taken of Lake Hartwell in Georgia, under deep blue skies.

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.

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.