DAILY PHOTO: Mountains in the Haze

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Taken in Northern Vietnam, Sapa District, showing village and mountains.

Winter Forest [Haiku]

Photograph taken in Van de Graaff Park near Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
evergreens peek
over the shoulders
of barren hardwoods.

Safety First [Haiku]

Two turtles on a rock surrounded by water.
stony fortress,
moated: turtle stretches neck
out to sniff the air.

Acorn [Senryū]

A squirrel in New Orleans' City Park, eating an acorn on a power pole.
startled squirrel drops
its nut; so sad for it, but
we all get a tree.

Mobile Home [Common Meter]

Turtle exits its hiding place
beneath a rotten log.
Its shell snags on that old, dead wood
he drags the log along.
Does he know that he's double-shelled?
He seems so unaware.
When he breaks free, he gains no speed --
just crawls on like he don't care.

Stumped [Free Verse]

Photo taken on the Butch Kennedy Hiking Trail near Lake Hartwell in South Carolina.
A stump in the forest
is like a gap in a
wedding party photo
where they photoshopped
out a renegade relative,
but forgot to erase
the person's loafers.

River Fog [Haiku]

Winter mornings:
fog forms on the river --
moments numbered.
Fog on the Mississippi River in New Orleans.

Quiet Bayou [Haiku]

Taken in the Pearl River bayou near Slidell, Louisiana.
quiet bayou:
the odd bird flutters
limb to lonely limb.

DAILY PHOTO: Blue Sky Through the Trees

Taken on the Butch Kennedy Trail in South Carolina, near Lake Hartwell.
Taken on the Butch Kennedy Trail, near Lake Hartwell.

Winter Wetlands [Haiku]

A photograph taken in Van de Graaff Park near the Tuscaloosa, Alabama airport.
ducks drift 
on frigid waters
in Winter wetlands.