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weekly photo challenge: between

Gone down, I thought–

’til the moon emerged  again

between clouds

                          ~ Shua*

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Haiku Before Haiku

Steven D Carter

The Man Who Planted Trees

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If you haven’t read or heard the tale, “The Man Who Planted Trees” by French author Jean Giono, it is a wonderful story about how one person can have a tremendous impact on the world! It’s also a story of how everything in nature, including man, is connected.

"The Man Who Planted Trees" by Jean Giono. Image borrowed from Wikipedia Commons, fair use agreement.
“The Man Who Planted Trees” by Jean Giono. Image borrowed from Wikipedia Commons, fair use agreement.

It tells about how a single, reclusive shepherd manages to successfully re-forest a barren and desolate area in the foothills of the Alps. Elzéard Bouffier, the shepherd, dedicates the latter half of his life to re-planting acorns, beech nuts and other tree seeds, one by one, patiently walking the land where nothing would grow and no water flowed, and the people who lived there were a hard, bitter folk.

When I first heard the tale, I thought that it was based on a true story…

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weekly photo challenge: extra, extra

ripples on water

mingling with ships and masts

an ever-changing canvas

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 A reflection of the harbor along Toronto’s waterfront

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weekly photo challenge: split-second story

My happiness

                I find

In filling my emptiness.

My emptiness

                I create

In seeking happiness.

                                    ~Gopal Honnalgere*

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Visit The Daily Post @WordPress.com to view this week’s challenge: Split-Second Story…become “a documentary photographer and attempt to capture a candid moment of a person, place, or thing. Put your National Geographic hat on and tell a story by documenting a moment in time through a single image. Capture the thrill of a skate park, or the calmness of a café patio. Let your imagination inspire and guide you.”

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fire in the sea

An Anthology of Poetry and Art

Sue Cowing

weekly photo challenge: twist

For cicada

the branches of a single tree

are a forest grove.

                            ~Socho*

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To view additional images submitted for this week’s photo challenge or to share an image that says “twist” to you visit: The  Daily Post @Wordpress.com

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Haiku before Haiku

Steven Carter

springtime dandelions

 

…from a long-distant past nothing subsists, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered, taste and smell alone, more fragile but more enduring, more immaterial, more persistent, more faithful, remain poised a long time, like souls, remembering, waiting, hoping, amid the ruins of all the rest; and bear unflinchingly, in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence, the vast structure of recollection.*

 

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*cited:

In Search of Lost Time

Vol I

Swann’s Way

pp 59-60

Marcel Proust

Trans: C.K. Scott Moncrieff

weekly photo challenge: on the move

In my secret heart

I give thanks

To my children

On a frosty night

                 ~Issa*

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For this week’s photo challenge, share your interpretation of “on the move.” You can be the subject of your image, or you might want to experiment with movement or transportation in a different way.

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The Year of My Life

Trans: Oraga Haru