Tag Archives: weather

Monsoon Green [Haiku]

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Photograph taken atop Kaurava Kunda near Chikkaballapur, Karnataka, India.
what passed for desert
 before monsoon is now
  green and waterlogged.

Two Worlds / One Valley [Haiku]

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Photograph taken in Stepantsminda down the Terek River valley towards Russia.
sunny mountains;
 down the valley farmers
  socked in by clouds.

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.

PROMPT: Weather

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Daily writing prompt
What is your favorite type of weather?
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For being outside in: Mostly Sunny.

For watching unbridled chaos (from a distance, and preferably on video): tornadoes.

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.

Queen of Stone [Haiku]

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Haiku poem about "Queen's Head," a naturally occurring rock formation that looks like a graceful lady's neck and head (located in Yehliu Geologic Park.)
slender-necked beauty
 that nature carved from rock...
  -- doomed!

Cloudy Sky [Haiku]

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Photograph of Chihkan Tower in Tainan, Taiwan.
look up: cloudy skies
 from the upper story,
  blot green yard from mind.

Ships at Anchor [Haiku]

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Photograph of Kaohsiung Harbor in south Taiwan.
ships in harbor,
 anchored fore and aft,
  await the typhoon.

Dark Advance [Haiku]

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Photograph taken on Victoria Harbour (from the Star Ferry) on a rainy day in Hong Kong. 
rain clouds advance:
 an army that won't stop to
  besiege the city.