DAILY PHOTO: Water Through the Woods

DAILY PHOTO: Mushroom’s Eye View

DAILY PHOTO: Arabia Mountain Park

Blank & Blue [Haiku]

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!"

Frame of Reference [Free Verse]

Photograph taken at a butterfly sanctuary on Bohol Island, Philippines.
a butterfly hangs
upside down,

but it seems upside down
is as meaningless an
an abstraction for it
as the two million km/h
that a human sweeps,
spins, expands, etc.
through space
is for the person who
feels only the couch
against his backside.

what must it be to not know
upside down -- to feel free
to fall, knowing the air
will catch one?

Fungi Time [Haiku]

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

PROMPT: Photo

Daily writing prompt
Go on a walk today and share a photo of something that catches your eye.
Photograph of a large amanita mushroom on a walk in the woods.

Understory [Haiku]

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

DAILY PHOTO: Zambezi River Afternoon

Image

Photograph of the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe as the sun is getting low.

Safari Guide Limerick

Photograph of a female lion taken in Chobe National Park in Botswana.
There was a cocky safari guide
who - of lions - was often quite snide.
He frequently stated
they were overrated,
but his view was different from inside.