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July 2023, #277

jpallen Nature Life July 2, 2023December 10, 2023haiku, july, june, summer 6 Comments

Title; June 23rd, Sitka Sedge Natural area north of Tierra Del Mar on the Oregon coast.

Photograph; A black beetle on the leaves of a snowberry bush in the shade.

Haiku; black beetle / in the shade / hot summer day

Photograph; An orange Columbia Lily in bloom.

Haiku; below the snowberry bush / same place as last year / lily bloom

Photograph; A crow flies over Sand Lake estuary with people fishing in the distance at low tide.

Haiku; fishing / in the silent mist / of a crow’s
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Photograph: A dead tree and another trees’s branches covered in dry moss.

Haiku; moss covered branches / in an unfamiliar city / all exits returning home

June 2023, #276

jpallen Nature Life June 29, 2023December 10, 2023haiku, june, summer 6 Comments

Title; June 24th

Photograph; a piece of seaweed on a remnant wave line in the sand on the beach.

Haiku; swimming / through the mountain —she steps / among silent waves

September 2022 #209

jpallen Nature Life September 22, 2022December 10, 2023autumn, haiku, september, summer 1 Comment

Title; September 20th

Photograph; swirling willow leaves frame a stagnant pond in a creek bed with algae forming on its surface.

Haiku; ponding creek / at the trunk of a willow / —Late summer nap

September 2022 #208

jpallen Nature Life September 18, 2022December 10, 2023autumn, haiku, september, summer 4 Comments

Title; September 14th

Photography; Morning sunlight accents the clouds above silhouetted pine trees.

Haiku; awake / she blinks / her eyes

Title; September 15th

Photograph; a combine on the Palouse at harvest stirring up dust.

Haiku; farmers song / the final act —pirouette / on pointe

Title; September 17th

Photography; Autumn crocus in bloom.

Haiku; autumn morning / crocus blooms… / I shiver

September 2022 #207

jpallen Nature Life September 15, 2022December 10, 2023haiku, september, summer 2 Comments

Title; September 12th

Photograph; sidewalk at the bottom of the stairs, yellow light from a smoke filtered sun and the stair railing’s faint shadow.

Haiku; reaching out a hand / in a smoky filled sky -slips / a mountain shadow

September 2022 #206

jpallen Nature Life September 11, 2022December 10, 2023haiku, prose, september, summer 2 Comments

Title; Day 1 September 3rd

Prose; The hum of the tires crackle on the gravel. I slowed and looked up to check the kayak, its bow extending to the front of the car. Mounted upside down, the kayak was riding the waves of dark clouds. I opened the window listening to the first drops of rain mixing with campers preparing dinner in conversation and the joyful laughs of the children.

Haiku; on waves of thunder / ripples the daytime moonlight / a cricket's song

Title; Day 2 September 4th

Photograph; Seagulls on a pier's mossy log on a lake.

Photograph; Lily pad in bloom on the surface of a lake, the sun reflected in the water. Blue sky and pine trees.

Photograph; A Cormorant flies along the surface of a like with pine covered mountains in the background.

Photograph; Plants grow from a rail road bridge beam above the lake surface.

Photograph; A spiders web scattered with insects in the grasses along the St Joe River.

Photograph; On a pier, plants grow from the top of broken post.

Title; Day 3 September 5th

Photograph; A Kayaker's shadow on a silty creek in a marsh. Pine trees and blue sky reflections.

Haiku; over the boat's edge / ink spills on muddy fabric / absorbing shadow

Photograph; Lily pad on the surface a silty creek.

September 2022 #205

jpallen Nature Life September 8, 2022December 10, 2023gallery, haiku, september, summer 4 Comments

Title; September 4th.

Photograph; A morning sun orange with wildfire smoke shines beneath dark rain clouds above a mountain lake, in the foreground silhouetted pine trees.

Haiku; needles pierce / a smoky fabric / summer rain

Title; August Gallery

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September 2022 #205

jpallen Nature Life September 1, 2022December 10, 2023august, haiku, summer 1 Comment

Title; August 29th

Photograph; A summer morning. Straw bales sit in a harvested field in a haze. In the background is a park of trees and Tomer butte on the Palouse.

Haiku; summer morning / a light blanket… / harvest haze

August #204

jpallen Nature Life August 28, 2022December 10, 2023august, haiku, summer 4 Comments

Title; August 26th

Photograph; a walkway leading to a short set of stairs with a person feet reaching the top.

Haiku; walking up / these short stairs —a long / conversation

Photograph; branches with light green leaves poke up from a smoke tree in the afternoon sun.

Haiku; candle light… / green leaves on a smoke tree / flicker

Photograph; a blue heron in flight over a grove of trees.

Haiku; a heron’s cry / w h o o s h / a watery splash

August 2022 #203

jpallen Nature Life August 25, 2022December 10, 2023august, haiku, summer 0 Comment

Title; August 23rd

Photograph; a sprinkler head and fattened grasses.

Haiku; streaks / in the morning grass… / last night’s tears

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