I found a splendid photo to illustrate a haiku about a rainbow in 2016. Can I use the same photo for the same purpose w/o repeating myself? Yes. The photo is a gift that keeps on giving.
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Carpe Diem #1410 Rainbow (short-haibun)
In response to an earlier CDHK rainbow prompt, I wrote a haiku and later found a splendid photo to illustrate it (and inspire some haibun prose). Can I use the same photo here w/o repeating myself? Yes. The photo is a gift that keeps on giving; it has inspired a new haiku.
Out of Reach
Hard fingers rise up,
trying to grasp soft colors
as the rainbow fades.
The image used here has been resized from a photo by Randy Olson with a termite mound in the foreground.
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There’s an otherworldly quality to the beautiful photo – heaven and earth – rainbow ascending, fingers of dry red rock grasping upward. At least that’s how it strikes me.
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Yes, the combination makes it a great photo, by far the best of a rainbow that I have seen.
The rock fingers in the foreground are actually columns of a termite mound. (Had some fun with that fact in my earlier post using the photo.) Have just now revised the photo credit here to mention the mound.
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Awesome haiku … and that photo makes it even stronger.
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The double rainbow is amazing. Definitely a photo that keeps giving. ❤
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