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DAILY PHOTO: Tall Pines, Kolsay Lake

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Photograph taken from a mountain trail around the Kolsay Lakes in Kazakhstan with tall evergreen trees in the fore and lake and valley in the rear.

Tree Hell [Tanka]

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pine cone wedged
 in a rotten sleeper,
  on derelict tracks,
 may become a tree
  and made into sleepers.

DAILY PHOTO: Seesaw Statue in Gyeongju

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Photograph featuring classic Korean architecture and a seesaw statue. Taken in Gyeongju, South Korea.

DAILY PHOTO: Palms & Mountains, Vang Vieng

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Photograph of a palm tree in the fore and karst mountains in the background. Taken outside Vang Vieng, Laos.
Photograph with Vang Vieng Village and a palm tree in the foreground, and karst mountains in the background.

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.

First Blossom [Haiku]

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

Stony Ground [Haiku]

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Photograph of a tree on the granite hill named Uttari Betta in Karnataka, India. 
roots grow down
 through stony ground -- still,
  Spring brings deep green.

Naked Wisdom [Haiku]

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Photograph of a barren tree taken on the Butch Kennedy Trail, near Lake Hartwell, in South Carolina. 
one bare tree
 knew not to bud or bloom
  before the last freeze.

Spring [Haiku]

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Nature writes “Spring”
 in colorful blooms, even 
  over rough bark.

Hidden Spring [Haiku]

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Photograph of a bare branch and small cloud taken in Grant Park of Atlanta.
branches aren't budding,
 but shoots are sprouting 
  under dead leaves.