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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.

Mountain Azalea [Lyric Poem]

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Photograph of a cluster of pink Mountain Azalea with barren woods in the background. Taken on the Sawnee Mountain Trail in North Georgia.
One cluster of Mountain Azalea
   Stands out like royal regalia,
 Adorning a near naked vagrant --
    But much more pleasingly fragrant.

Blue Sky [Haiku]

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Photograph of bare trees and blue sky taken on the Sawnee Mountain Trail in North Georgia, near Cumming. 
blue sky
 seen through bare limbs;
  when will Spring arrive?

White [Lyric Poem]

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Against the bright white palace domes
   fluffy clouds seem a tad too much,
 and so they start to limp on home
   like a gimp beggar on his crutch.

The Long & the Short [Haiku]

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

Two Faces of Spring [Haiku]

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Photograph of Small's Ragwort taken on Kaurava Kunda in Karnataka, India.
tiny flowers
 buffeted by wind
  & large raindrops

Mazu Temple [Senryū]

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Photograph of Tin Hua Temple in the Causeway Bay neighborhood of Hong Kong.
Temple of Mazu,
 patron goddess of sailors,
  locked up for typhoon.