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The Temple Yard [Haibun]
At dusk, the temple yard is silent. A twiggy tree twists and leans, shading no one but seemingly stretching toward something unknown. Nothing can be heard, save the buzz of low-flying insects when they get too near. Then someone clangs the brass bell -- just one sharp snap of the bell tongue. But the tone hangs in the night air, piercing something unseen. temple yard at dusk, the silence is broken by the brass bell
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DAILY PHOTO: Spanish Moss Draped Tree, Fort Federica
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DAILY PHOTO: Tree & Moat, Vellore
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Banyan Trees [Haiku]
A Model Tree [Tanka]
the shade tree offers not just shade, but a good example for enlightenment seekers and lazy folk, alike
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DAILY PHOTO: Solitary Tree
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DAILY PHOTO: Standing at the Parapet Wall, Nandi Hills
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Teaching Tree [Haiku]
robe-wrapped tree, standing like an old monk teaching stillness
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Tree & Pond [Haibun]
Beside a pond, a tree reaches, its branches stretched wide and skyward, blocking the harsh cloud-penetrating rays. Locals sit on the lush grass, their backsides wet, their backs resting on the rough and slanting trunk. They watch ripples echo outward from the mouth tips of feeding fish, those concentric rings etched into in the mirrored waters - and yet moving. In time, watchers will become ripple mesmerized, and will experience the stiff twitch and head nods of an impending nap. sitting pondside, ripples from feeding fish lull my mind
