DAILY PHOTO: Log-Loving Creatures of Mysore Zoo

Photograph of a bear taking rest on a log at Mysore Zoo.
Photograph of a leopard on a log at Mysore Zoo.
Photograph of a snake in the reptile house of Mysore Zoo.
Photograph of a Chimp with a stick at Mysore Zoo

Duck out of Water [Epigram]

Photograph taken in the Halasuru neighborhood of Bangalore of ducks in water.
The "duck out of water"
might just take to flight.

Toad’s Time [Senryū]

Photograph of a Fire-Bellied Toad taken near Gyeongju, South Korea.
toad looks primed to leap;
i watch... and watch..., but no.
glancing back; it's gone.

Fawn [Haiku]

fawn rests
beneath the big leaves
of new saplings

Iguana Limerick

Photograph of an Iguana on the rocks overlooking Tulum Beach.
In Tulum, a lazy old Iguana
was asked to leave but said, "I don't wanna!"
They threated and chided -
reasoned and derided -
'til it left, bribed with good marijuana.

Animal Taxi Limerick

Photograph of an elephant on a truck taken in Sri Lanka at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage.
There once was an animal tow truck
that would taxi your horse or your duck.
Size wasn't deemed relevant
'til up showed an elephant,
and the overladen truck got stuck.

Safari Guide Limerick

Photograph of a female lion taken in Chobe National Park in Botswana.
There was a cocky safari guide
who - of lions - was often quite snide.
He frequently stated
they were overrated,
but his view was different from inside.

DAILY PHOTO: Angry Adolescent Tusker

Photograph of an aggressive adolescent elephant in Botswana's Chobe National Park.
Photograph of a posturing young tusker near the Chobe River's edge in Botswana.

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.

Grazing Deer [Senryū]

grazing deer
pays hikers no heed:
too noisy for threat.