Dancing Echoes

Beats Stumbling Around in Silence


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Mighty Succession

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moves
reform

There is a beauty
In wreck and ruin
Where survival
Is the leading lady
Time worn
But still standing
The scars of violence
Begin to heal
Her pyroclastic flow
Long since dried
But deep down inside
Her core still burns

In response to CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI: Carpe Diem #1259 creating beauty and The Daily Post: Mighty

This is a photograph of Mt St Helens 37 years after her iconic blast.


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Prayer Flags

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Prayers for a sick friend
Blue thoughts carried on white wind
Red flag still flutters

In response to CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI: Carpe Diem #1199 prayer flags, messengers for the gods and the Weekly Photo Challenge: Friend


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Fire

Orange Blossoms

Fire of the sun
Brilliant energy reborn
Sweet orange blossoms

In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #82: Fire and
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: Carpe Diem Namasté The Spiritual Way #7 New Life (Easter)


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Monuments

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Perched atop tree roots
People are oblivious
Thoughts lost in silence

A natural monument
Muted witness to this day

In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #78: Monuments and
the Weekly Photo Challenge: Atop and Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: Carpe Diem Namasté The Spiritual Way #5 self consciousness


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Autumn Monarchs

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Migrating Monarchs
Tumble from atop the trees
Black and orange leaves

In response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: Autumn Kukai. Please go to the link and see the beautiful haiku by the winner Hamish Gunn and runner-up Sara McNulty.


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Chrysalis

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Jade green chrysalis
Glitters in the waning light
Birth of a Monarch

In response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: Autumn Kukai. Please go to the link and see the beautiful haiku by the winner Hamish Gunn and runner-up Sara McNulty.


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Revelry

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Broom sedge scarecrow
Greets the salmon sunrise
Song of revelry

In response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: Autumn Kukai. Please go to the link and see the beautiful haiku by the winner Hamish Gunn and runner-up Sara McNulty.