Redbud [Haiku]

Photograph taken in Tbilisi, Georgia in late Spring. The pink flower buds appear to be from a Redbud tree.
dense clusters
of pink flower buds
brighten the trail.

DAILY PHOTO: Distant Mountains

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Photograph taken in northern Armenia. Purple flowers in the fore, mountains in the distant background, and partly cloudy skies.

DAILY PHOTO: View from the Tabor Monastery of the Transfiguration, Tbilisi

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A photograph of the Botanical Street / Narikala Fortress area of Tbilisi, Georgia from the Tabor Monastery of the Transfiguration.

Silenced by Ice [Haiku]

Ice on limbs. Taken in Sumeg, Hungary in Winter.
seedpod rattle
is silenced by ice crust
on Winter branches.

First Snow [Haiku]

A photo taken in Normafa, a hill overlooking the Buda side of Budapest, Hungary, after a thin snow.
tufts of grass poke
through a dusting of snow;
tomorrow -- mud!

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.