Tag Archives: wildlife

DAILY PHOTO: Trash Panda Agasp

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Photograph of Raccoons taken in the bayou of the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area near Slidell, Louisiana.

Barbed Wire Highway [Senryū]

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Photograph of fire ants on a strand of barbed wire in the countryside near Vang Vieng, Laos.
fire ant highway
 on a barbed wire strand
  makes me itch.

Dragonfly Eye [Lyric Poem]

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Photograph taken at Don Mueang Temple in the north Bangkok suburbs, features waterlilies in the fore and guardian statues in the background. 
The dragonfly strafing lilies 
 doesn't know how very silly
 a bantam taller than a ram
 seems to a ram tall as a filly.

Migratory Highway [Haiku]

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wild geese forage
 beside the highway:
  fueling for journey.

Winter View [Senryū]

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Photograph of a family of macaques on a wall at Gudibande Fort in Karnataka, India. 
with trees bare, one sees
 what Spring won't reveal:
  monkeys don't care.

Two Ways to Go [Haiku]

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highway parts landscape;
 butterflies jink and loiter
  as cars speed through.

Stalker [Kyōka]

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Photograph of a raccoon taken in the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area near Slidell, Louisiana.
stealthy raccoon 
 stalks up on trashcans -
  as lion to gazelle.
 having reached its target,
 sends lid clattering down.

Cold Bayou [Haiku]

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Photograph taken in the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area near Slidell, Louisiana.
gators sleep:
 buried in muddy banks;
   a lonely bird flies.

Skulking Deer [Senryū]

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Photograph of a deer taken from Alpharetta's Big Creek Greenway Trail.
step: "Crunch - Crack!" --
 skulking deer startles itself,
  looks out: who noticed?

Cold Creek [Haiku]

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Photograph taken near the start of the Mae Yen Waterfall trek at Pai, Thailand. 
butterflies dance
 beside a cold creek, 
  near sun-warmed leaves.