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raj808
Published Poet, Fiction Writer, Amateur Photographer and Digital Artist 🖋📖
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The Bud Vase - The Art of Wood Turning
Introduction - The Art of Wood Turning I have been very busy the last 18 months with various writing projects, a new relationship 😀 and getting on with the business of turning my passion for creative
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Morning Traffic - A Month of Daily Haiku (Day 28)
Photo by Yadwinder Singh on Unsplash The squirrel breaks bread with early rose winged parakeets, as dawn traffic hums. One of my favorite things to do when visiting new cities is to search for the interplay
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The Mountain's Breath - A Month of Daily Haiku (Day 27)
Image by David Mark from Pixabay The mountain's breath sinks in sighing troughs and valleys - dew bathes waking leaves. The mountains have a magic and spirit all of their own. It comes as no surprise to
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An Ocean of Stars - A Month of Daily Haiku (Day 26)
Image by David Mark from Pixabay Suspended in night, plankton stars light the ocean galaxy surface. I once observed the natural phenomenon of bioluminescent seas on a night dive at the Similian islands
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Spring Shoots - A Month of Daily Haiku (Day 25)
Traeth Llanddwyn Beach and Ynys Llanddwyn island On the south coast of the Island of Anglesey in Wales there is a beach which looks out to the mountains of Snowdonia across the bay. This place is a
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Autumn's Hymn - A Month of Daily Haiku (Day 24)
Photo by Brendan Beale on Unsplash The river dances joyous rain and golden leaves - singing autumn's hymn. Autumn is one of my favorite times of year as it inspires reflection and sings to this introverts
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The Ocean's Hourglass - A Month of Daily Haiku (Day 23)
Image by Dimitris Vetsikas from Pixabay The winter maelstrom wears cliffs down to shale and sand - an ocean hourglass. This is the second post in the final week in my month long challenge to write a haiku
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Summer Zephyr - A Month of Daily Haiku (Day 22)
Photo by Jason Long on Unsplash The dandelion sways, seeds glide a summer zephyr - sun-kissed buds burst. Today marks the final week in my month long challenge to write a haiku every day. So far the themes
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Limoncello dreams - A Month of Daily Haiku (Day 21)
All pictures taken in 2015 on the Amalfi coast, Italy. The ocean slumbers on Amalfi's wharf pillow - Limoncello dreams. What can I say about Amalfi? It is a place of romance, steeped in the sultry Italian
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The Mouth of the Volcano - A Month of Daily Haiku (Day 20)
All pictures taken in 2014, exploring volcanoes on the island of Lanzarote. The volcano smiles moss lips curled in the gale, watching barren plains. There is something visceral about the volcanic landscape
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Castles in the Sky - A Month of Daily Haiku (Day 19)
All pictures taken in 2018 at Sintra, Portugal. The mountain castles march Cypress and Cork soldiers, heavy with history. Sintra is a short hop away from Lisbon on the train. A welcome escape from the
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The Story of the Douro A Month of Daily Haiku (Day 18)
The Douro flows west - gulls gossip of sprats and the issues of the day. Travel stirs something in the soul, it is a gateway to unlocking creativity and inspiring the muse. The act of following the changing
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Tulum Sunrise - A Month of Daily Haiku (Day 17)
Picture taken in 2016, in Tulum, Mexico. The ocean storm sheds Dulce salt-skin from coral shoals - morning seeds the sun. Sometimes travel can be like shedding skin, casting out repeated sounds that echo
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Jungle Chrysalis - A Month of Daily Haiku (Day 16)
Picture taken in 2010, on a jungle trek in Koh Sok national park, Thailand. The jungle exhales carnal shades from leafy maw - the cave a gateway. These jungle treks in Koh Sok national park in Thailand
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Whale Skin Rocks - A Month of Daily Haiku (Day 15)
Picture taken in 2010, on a dive excursion to the Similian Islands, Thailand. Tiny Dory dart in a sandy universe - we climb whale skin rocks. Today marks the start of the third week in my month long challenge
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Memory's Keepsake - A Month of Daily Haiku (Day 14)
Picture of a keepsake I bought in Warsaw back in 2015 In the coin's bevels the memory of her breath banishes all cold. Keepsakes are a repository for memories which provide a wealth of material for the
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The Writer's Eye - A Month of Daily Haiku (Day 13)
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The shutter flickers, a candle flame wavering in the wind of time. The writer's eye is a concept whereby we look at the world through the lens of a writer, searching
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Dream Murmurs - A Month of Daily Haiku (Day 12)
Image by Comfreak from Pixabay Yesterday I dreamt - gulls cried in falling sunburst in the frozen bay. Dreams are an amazing source of inspiration for a writer, especially when engaged in the process of
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Mythical Journeys - A Month of Daily Haiku (Day 11)
Image by M W from Pixabay The land's limestone bones and winterbourne blood vessels - a giant's graveyard. Mythology bleeds into modern day story telling on many levels. We see this in fantasy with Tolkien's
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Recycling the News - A Month of Daily Haiku (Day 10)
Image by Steve Buissinne from Pixabay Recycling news over my morning coffee - inspiring the muse. Newspapers and magazines are a great mine for story ideas. To clarify, I don't mean taking a news story
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People Watching - A Month of Daily Haiku (Day 9)
Image by Joseph Ken from Pixabay Dazed by her phone she flows past a rainbow stream of winking poppies. One useful technique for improving your powers of observation, and by association your writing, is
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