DAILY PHOTO: A Temple in Chiang Mai

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Photograph of a Buddhist Temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

DAILY PHOTO: The Colorful Shrine of Great Compassion

Photograph taken outside the Great Compassion Shrine of Fo Guang Shan outside of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Photograph taken outside the Great Compassion Shrine of Fo Guang Shan outside of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, featuring  Bougainvillea.
Photograph taken outside the Great Compassion Shrine of Fo Guang Shan outside of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

The Long & the Short [Haiku]

Photograph of stone carved figurines at the temple on Kaurava Kunda in Chikballapur, Karnataka, India.
temple wall
overgrown with weeds;
idols kept pristine.

First Blossom [Haiku]

petal flutters down
from clustered Cherry Blossoms;
is it the first?

Winter View [Senryū]

Photograph of a family of macaques on a wall at Gudibande Fort in Karnataka, India.
with trees bare, one sees
what Spring won't reveal:
monkeys don't care.

Lying in Wildflowers [Haiku]

Photograph taken near the Tabor Monastery of the Transfiguration in Tbilisi, Georgia.
lying down 
amid wildflowers:
city disappears.

DAILY PHOTO: Wisteria

A Sun Within [Haiku]

Photograph of purple and yellow water lilies taken in Hanoi, Vietnam.
purple lilies
open to reveal
a Sun within.

Cherry Lovers [Senryū]

Photograph of a Cherry Tree branch taken in Yerevan, Armenia.
some love cherries;
some, blossoms; some, Fall leaves.
who loves trunk & branch?

A Hint of Green [Haiku]

Little green sprouts growing out of a branch in a barren winter woods. Taken in North Georgia in early February.
little green sprouts,
the only verdant hue:
barren Winter woods.