Tag Archives: winter

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.

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.

Gnawed Hickory Nut [Haiku]

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Photograph of Big Creek Trail in Roswell, Georgia.
bench beside trail:
 vacant but for a gnawed
  hickory nutshell.

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?

Alone in the Cold [Haiku]

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solitary duck
 huddles with itself,
  against the cold.

Winter Springs [Haiku]

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Photograph of the Beitou hot springs outside of Taipei.
an eerie fog
 weaves through the trees:
  Winter hot springs.

Forbidden [Free Verse]

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A photograph taken inside Beijing's Forbidden City in the Summer of 2008.
One afternoon, in the
     Forbidden City,
 People roam about -- 
     Sightseeing.

The very next morning,
      A single line of tracks
          Through freshly fallen snow
      Cuts across the very
          Same yard.

Snow Squirrel [Haiku]

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Photograph of a squirrel on snow on Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec. 
chubby squirrel
 scampers across crusty snow --
  crunchlessly!

Winter Woods [Haiku]

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Photograph taken at Paces Mill Park. 
Winter forest:
 no creatures stir --
  waterfall sound.

Winter Marsh [Haiku]

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Photograph taken along the Big Creek Greenway in Alpharetta, Georgia.
light sparkles 
 on shallow water:
  winter marshland.