DAILY PHOTO: Hillside Fortifications, Minchukallu Betta

Painted Stork [Haiku]

a painted stork
stands so still on one leg,
passers think it fake.

DAILY PHOTO: Macaques at Ranganathittu

Gravitational Exploitation [Haiku]

the stream carries sand,
dropping it in a broad pool,
clueless of its work.

DAILY PHOTO: Rocky Riverbed, David Scott Trail

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Poppy Trigger [Lyric Poem]

Two hikers on a mountain trail
pass a solitary Poppy.
One remembers a lost loved one;
one, feeling high and floppy.

Sky Fire [Haiku]

the sky 's afire:
a day's death throes;
bugs mourn loudly.

DAILY PHOTO: Himalayan Afternoon

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“I was born upon thy bank, river” by Henry David Thoreau [w/ Audio]

I was born upon thy bank, river,
My blood flows in thy stream,
And thou meanderest forever
At the bottom of my dream.

River Snow by Liu Zongyuan [w/ Audio]

From one thousand mountains, birds have vanished.
Over ten-thousand paths, not one footprint.
A lone boat, an old man in coarse cloak and hat:
Just he, fishing in the cold, river snow.

Original Chinese:

千山鳥飛絕
萬徑人蹤滅
孤舟蓑笠翁
獨釣寒江雪