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Hunter’s Moon

October 29, 2023October 29, 2023 by Kurt
You seeing what I’m seeing?

#howl

Categories Photography Tags Halloween, Hunter’s Moon, moon, nature, nature photography, photography, Witching Hour 6 Comments

Whither Comes the Light?

November 20, 2021 by Kurt
whither comes the light
alas, what matters the source
while soon comes the night
   

Categories Poetry Tags evil, haiku, Japanese Lantern, metaphorical poetry, metaphors, nature photography, nature poetry, photography, senryū, spirituality, symbolism, writing, zen, 俳句 1 Comment

It’s beginning to look a lot like…

December 18, 2020 by Kurt

…it’s time for me to migrate to a warmer clime.

#hohohocough
#californiadreaming

Categories Photography Tags bahumbug, nature photography, photography, snow, snow storms Leave a comment

The Leaves Green Grow Wild

October 26, 2020 by Kurt

the leaves green grow wild

wherever their seeds may blow

wild, aye, but resolved

Categories Poetry Tags haiku, nature photography, nature poetry, photography, poetry, senryū, writing, 俳句 Leave a comment

In a Field Left Fallow

June 12, 2020 by Kurt

In a field depleted and left a fallow

Where only single crops have e’er grown

‘Twill sundry bloom soon rich, tho’ callow

When by Nature’s hand the seeds are sown

 
Categories Poetry Tags diversity, fields, metaphorical poetry, metaphors, nature photography, nature poems, nature poetry, photography, poems, poetry, writing 5 Comments

Say hello to my little friends…

May 5, 2020 by Kurt
Mama and baby mourning doves (squabs) nesting in the flower box hanging outside my office window*

#alonetogetherwithmylittlefriends


*photo credit to the wife

Categories Photography Tags animal photography, baby birds, bird nests, birds, doves, family, mourning doves, nature, nature photography, photography, squabs 5 Comments

Axiomatic

August 21, 2019 by Kurt

long live the reasons
and meanings universal
that e’er elude us

 
Categories 俳句 Tags axioms, haiku, ignorance, metaphors, nature photography, philosophy, photography, poems, poetry, senryū, universal truths, writing Leave a comment

Ain’t that America…

October 11, 2023July 22, 2019 by Kurt
Reporting live from the shores of the Great Lake Erie in Ashtabula, Ohio

#daytrippin’
#hometownlovin’
#lakeeffectbaby
#nofilter

Categories Travel Tags day trippin', family, Great Lakes, hometownlovin, hometowns, Lake Erie, lakeeffectbaby, nature photography, no filter, nofilter, photography, road trips, summer travel, travel Leave a comment

Ain’t that America…

October 25, 2023May 10, 2019 by Kurt

Reporting live from Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina

Categories Culture Tags Ain't That America, Beach, Beach photography, meditation, nature photography, North Carolina, photography, travel, travel phoi, Wrightsville Beach, yoga Leave a comment

The Wind Through the Lea

October 11, 2023April 19, 2019 by Kurt

the wind through the lea
sings like a soft lullaby
the scythe grows heavy

Categories Poetry Tags haiku, metaphors, nature photography, nature poems, nature writing, photography, poetry, scythes, writing, 俳句 1 Comment
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