Poppy [Haiku]

cliffside poppy:
bee shakily alights
in a mountain breeze.

DAILY PHOTO: Ambiguous Hour, Laajalahti

Is it sunset? Sunrise? Both? Neither? It was like this for an hour or so when I was in Finland during the Summer. Never getting fully dark.

“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.

DAILY PHOTO: Clouds & Mountain, Mt. Shani

Golden Hour [Haiku]

sunup hour:
yellow blossoms turn gold;
one flutters to earth.

“Spring Rain” by Natsume Sōseki

Spring rain:
a walk amid
wet willows.

DAILY PHOTO: View from a Cliff, Yehliu

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“Daniel Boone” by Stephen Vincent Benét [w/ Audio]

When Daniel Boone goes by, at night,
The phantom deer arise
And all is lost, wild America
Is burning in their eyes.

Hawkweed [Haiku]

Hawkweed blooms
beside a creek that sparkles
with summer sunlight.