DAILY PHOTO: Helsinki from the Ferry

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Photograph of the Helsinki waterfront taken from the ferry to Suomenlinna with seagulls in tow.

Little Blue [Haiku]

Photograph of a blue Chicory flower, taken near Kolsay Lake in Kazakhstan.
from a gliding boat,
a little blue flower spied
as all else blurs.

Nature’s AC [Haiku]

Photograph of a small cascade between and around mossy rocks taken on the Kolsay Lake hike in Kazakhstan.
water rolls past
moss green rocks;
hikers pause in cool.

DAILY PHOTO: Boats Under Foul Skies

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Photograph taken in Bai Tu Long Bay in Northern Vietnam of boats, islands, and cloudy skies.

PROMPT: 5 Everyday Things

Daily writing prompt
What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness?

A breath of air when I’m suffocating.

A drink of water when I’m thirsty.

A bit of bread when I’m hungry.

Sleep when I’m weary.

Company when I’m lonely.

Muddy Bottom [Free Verse]

Photograph taken from a tower of the Ananuri Fortress Complex, looking at the Zhinvali Reservoir.
Sinuous channels
cut through the
river's muddy
bottom,

carrying clear water
ever downward
- ever onward.

From fortress walls
it's all been seen --
drought and flood,
but something always
trickled through.

As it was before those
stones were stacked.
As it will be when the
last rubble crumbles
into uncut
dust & rock.

River Boulders [Haiku]

Photograph of a green pool surrounded by boulders in Taiwan's Taroko Gorge.
boulder-strewn gorge:
what ancient waters could move
what now can't be budged?

Under the Bridge [Haiku]

Monochrome photograph of a bridge taken in Taipei, Taiwan on a cloudy day.
under the bridge
rain's chaos doesn't vanish:
ripples spread; drips plop.

PROMPT: Couldn’t Live Without

Daily writing prompt
What are three objects you couldn’t live without?

Digestible non-toxic protein, digestible non-toxic fats, and digestible non-toxic carbohydrates.

Also, water and air, but they are non-commoditized (to a large extent, anyhow.)

Also, certain vitamins and minerals, but they would be subsumed in a good mix of the aforementioned three.

Trickling Creek [Haiku]

creek that trickles
through a stark winterscape —
days from riverhood.