high noon
shadows cast
a frayed net
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Photo: Portland Japanese Garden, Portland, Oregon, c.b.w. 2015
Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2017
nature
Pink
Standardshadows flit
on my skin
soft pink petals
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Photo: Hydrangea, Portland, Oregon, c.b.w. 2015
Words: senryu, c.b.w. 2017
Fly
Standardoh, my birds
aren’t really mine
off they fly
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Photo: Pigeons at Trafalgar Square, London, c.b.w. 2005
Words: senryu, c.b.w. 2017
Breeze
Standardthe stalwart stone
bends the ocean breeze
long grass sways
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Photo: Cliffs of Moher, Ireland, c.b.w. 2009
Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2017
Everywhere
Standardarms everywhere
pine trees reach
for the sun
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Photo: Willamette National Forest, Oregon, c.b.w. 2015
Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2017
