Tag Archives: water

PROMPT: Drink

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Daily writing prompt
What is your favorite drink?
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Water. Far and away. Nothing else comes close by volume consumed.

Unless this is one of those instances where “drink” is code for alcoholic beverage — in which case the answer is pilsner or gin, as the mood strikes.

Solo? [Haiku]

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Photograph of an egret flying over the Gomti River in Lucknow, Madhya Pradesh, India.
solo bird flies
 over sprawling waters
  with upside down mate.

Ducks in a Bunch [Haiku]

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Waterfowl on Rudrasagar Lake in Melaghar, India.
clustered armada
 of ducks drift across
  open water.

The Deeps [Lyric Poem]

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Big Creek in Vickery Creek Park, Atlanta.
A jutting rock
   splits the river,
 diverging streams
   never wither,
 but speed around --
   smoothly flowing,
 still gaining speed --
   never slowing,
 until they reach
   the deeps.

Bobbing Ducks [Haiku]

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Ducks at the edge of a pond at Audubon Park in New Orleans. 
ducks jump off a ledge,
 bobbing once in pond water,
  and drift onward.

DAILY PHOTO: Bayou Raccoons

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Two racoons in the Louisiana bayou near Slidell.
Concerned Raccoons
A raccoon rounds the base of a tree and becomes aware of an alligator. Taken in the Louisiana bayou near Slidell.
Nope! Raccoon rounds the base of a tree to find an alligator.
Two raccoons wade into the water in the Louisiana bayou near Slidell.

Leaf Flutter [Haiku]

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Autumn leaves
 flip and flutter
  onto clear water.

Head On [Haiku]

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two sailboats 
 tack toward collision, 
  then glide smoothly past.

Duck Raft [Haiku]

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A "raft" (a.k.a. flock) of ducks float on Rudrasagar (Twijilikma) Lake in Tripura, India. 
a raft of ducks
 glides as a dense pack --
  then one goes solo.

Sunrise Fisher [Haiku]

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A fisherman paddling a canoe on the Rudrasagar Lake (a.k.a. Twijilikma) in Melaghar, Tripura, India. 
weary fisherman 
 paddles sunrise-tinged lake
  to cast nets.