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The Quiet Hour [Senryū]

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Photograph of Patong Beach on Phuket Island in the early morning hours after sunrise.
deserted beach:
 during the brief window 
  when partier's sleep.

Perspective [Lyric Poem]

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Photograph of a monkey looking sideways through the bars at a temple in Lopburi, Thailand.
Perhaps, you cannot change your jail,
   And you can't choose the lumps and scars --
 No matter how you scream or wail --
   But you pick your view through the bars.

Slow Burn [Senryū]

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Photograph of an overgrown scale model of Dutch Square. The model is located on Bukit Cina (Chinese Hill.)
bedraggled buildings:
 nature digests what it eats
  ever so slowly.

Horizon [Haiku]

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Photograph taken from the coast near Melaka, Malaysia of ships on a distant horizon. 
ships at horizon
 look tiny between vast sea
  & endless sky.

Playful Thief [Kyōka]

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Photograph taken in Lucknow, India in the garden of the Mushir Zadi tomb. 
puppy guards 
 a stolen garment 
  it hopes owner
 will attempt to retrieve,
 so that play can ensue.

Stone Still [Haiku]

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Photograph taken in the Buddha Park outside Vientiane, Laos. 
stone Buddha:
 so still it gathers moss;
  I roll away.

Chinese Painting [Tanka]

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Photograph taken at sundown in Vang Vieng, Laos.
sunlight washes out
 the distant mountains; 
  they look like
 an old Chinese painting --
 ink faded with age.

Barbed Wire Highway [Senryū]

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Photograph of fire ants on a strand of barbed wire in the countryside near Vang Vieng, Laos.
fire ant highway
 on a barbed wire strand
  makes me itch.

Dragonfly Eye [Lyric Poem]

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Photograph taken at Don Mueang Temple in the north Bangkok suburbs, features waterlilies in the fore and guardian statues in the background. 
The dragonfly strafing lilies 
 doesn't know how very silly
 a bantam taller than a ram
 seems to a ram tall as a filly.

24/7 Wakeup Call [Lyric Poem]

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Photograph taken from Wat Pa Phon Phoa at Luang Prabang, Laos. 
In a mountain village,
   the roosters crow all day.
 Hopes of mid-day napping
   are dashed along the way.