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DAILY PHOTO: Tikal Temple Tops Taken from Temple IV

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Photograph of the tops of Temples I and II taken from atop Temple IV at Tikal in Guatemala.
Photograph of the tops of Temples II, I, and III (left to right) from atop Temple IV at Tikal in Guatemala.

One Day… [Haiku]

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Photograph of the Main River as it flows through Frankfurt am Main. 
a plank of wood
 floats downriver past houses
  clustered on the bank.

DAILY PHOTO: From Prague Castle on an Overcast Day

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Photograph taken from Prague Castle (Pražský hrad) toward Charles Bridge (Karlův most) and the Vltava River on a cloudy day.

Forbidden [Free Verse]

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A photograph taken inside Beijing's Forbidden City in the Summer of 2008.
One afternoon, in the
     Forbidden City,
 People roam about -- 
     Sightseeing.

The very next morning,
      A single line of tracks
          Through freshly fallen snow
      Cuts across the very
          Same yard.

Snow Squirrel [Haiku]

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Photograph of a squirrel on snow on Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec. 
chubby squirrel
 scampers across crusty snow --
  crunchlessly!

Winter Woods [Haiku]

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Photograph taken at Paces Mill Park. 
Winter forest:
 no creatures stir --
  waterfall sound.

Beetle [Lyric Poem]

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Photograph of beetle in Botswana, near the Chobe River.
A Beetle that was built like a tank
   Crawled over a blazing riverbank
 Now as any sane one would think
   It should head straight for the drink 
 To cool off its little ole toes.
   But as astute readers will know,
  It hasn't really got any toes,
   So, it can walk hot sands real slow.

DAILY PHOTO: Chobe River Sunset

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Photograph of a sunset taken from the Botswanan bank of the Chobe River in the Chobe National Park.

River Taco [Lyric Poem]

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Photograph of Hippopotamus in the Chobe River, between Botswana and Namibia. 
We kayak where lives Hippopotamus,
   And hope it isn't submerged, a-bottom us.
 With kayak a quite crunchy hard shell --
   Us: savory filling that screams and yells, --
 We'll be a three-bite river taco to hell.

Last Blossom [Haiku]

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bloom-laden Cherry
 tree attracts no viewers;
  the last blossom does.