
School of metal fish
gleams in natural light and
never stops swimming.
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School of metal fish
gleams in natural light and
never stops swimming.
Golden glow
with purple and green.
Spring returns.
Golden ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #306
Smooth arc floats above
landscape clad in greens and gray.
Jagged peaks endure.
Photo © biletskiy | 123RF Stock Photo
Glass mug of black tea.
Behold the liquid’s color:
radiant amber.
Amber~ Pic and a Word Challenge #299
Children need to learn
that paths are slick and rocky,
but some lead to light.
Image © Patrick Jennings
Rocky ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #292
Dancer’s wooden mask:
leather hinges swing open.
Drum throbs; shaman chants.
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Hinges swing shut as dance ends:
hidden face; revealed spirit.
Photo © Trustees of the British Museum
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Khan Academy | Transformation Masks
Sailing on fall wind,
a flock of droplets migrates.
Each is a small world.
Sailing ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #286
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai … #1850 dried grass
“Dried grass” in the challenge comes from Basho’s last haiku, written as he was dying. My response imagines him rallying to console his grieving companions.
Smooth outer layer.
We see rough inner layer
when the light changes.
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Layers nest like Russian dolls,
when science shows us atoms.
Layers ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #283