a tree looms
over the valley;
beloved of hawks.
Vista Tree [Haiku]
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Cloud Deception [Lyric Poem]
Hiking to the hilltop
To get a better view,
I found myself in clouds
That edged the sky of blue.
Standing upon a cliff,
(How high? I cannot know,)
I doubt cloud would catch me,
If I'd let myself go.
But it looked so fluffy,
Like it could bear my weight,
But then the sky 'd looked clear
From down the valley strait.
I guess the moral is:
One just can't trust the sky;
If you leap into the clouds,
It's certain that you'll die,
& when you think the sky clear
You may be denied.
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Softscape [Haiku]
angular rocks
softened by soil & grass
to copy cloud shapes.
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Waterfall Wildflowers [Haiku]
wildflowers thrive
in the cracks of a cascade;
their days numbered.
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DAILY PHOTO: Land’s End, Netravati
Into the Last Light [Haiku]
leaving the forest,
see the last light of the day
warm the hilltop.
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Rainy Rice Field [Haiku]
DAILY PHOTO: Samse Tea Estate
“Gathering Leaves” by Robert Frost [w/ Audio]
Spades take up leaves
No better than spoons,
And bags full of leaves
Are light as balloons.
I make a great noise
Of rustling all day
Like rabbit and deer
Running away.
But the mountains I raise
Elude my embrace,
Flowing over my arms
And into my face.
I may load and unload
Again and again
Till I fill the whole shed,
And what have I then?
Next to nothing for weight,
And since they grew duller
From contact with the earth,
Next to nothing for color.
Next to nothing for use,
But a crop is a crop,
And who's to say where
The harvest shall stop?
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Bats in the Bamboo [Haiku]
bats hang in bamboo —
blanket-wrapped in wings —
hang like their food, fruit.
Tiger Riding for Beginners 