Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
The light on blue-gray water
Waves a landing strip
To bless an incoming flight.
For Becky’s January Squares: Flight
For Terri’s Sunday Stills: Gray
Incoming
Thailand
Morning Calm
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
Soft ripples spread
Like ribbons of
Silk
As morning heads
Toward shimmering
Heat.
Note: The photo was taken in Ko Samui, Thailand, on an August morning. It was sublime.
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Temple Textures
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
The gray marble
Supports
With leisured rich
Array
The carved squares
And the luxuriating
Pebbled
Head in
Golden display.
Note: The photo was taken at Wat Pho, The Temple of the Reclining Buddha, in Bangkok, Thailand. The pebbled bits represent a small part of the ‘hair’ of the massive Buddha statue. The textures and contrasts of the surfaces were what caught my eye and so the angle of the photo is deliberately ambiguous.
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Textures
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Next in Line
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
Framed by
Turquoise water,
Aligned by
Mountains
And turf.
Next in line
For takeoff,
Ere the last leg
To Thailand
And loved ones
And surf.
For the Sunday Stills Photo Challenge: Lines and squares
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Marine Park Wonder
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
Layered cakes of history
Over turquoise water
Topped with jungle hats
And splurged with hidden wonders
Under every gentle splash
And kayak paddle pat.
Info and so on: Ang Thong National Marine Park is a fabulous archipelago of 42 islands in the Gulf of Thailand. It features amazing limestone mountains, jungles, sandy beaches, waterfalls, and hidden sacred lakes. About an hour fast-boat ride from Koh Samui, it is a protected area of about 100 square kilometers of land and sea and is home to an abundance of exotic wildlife and sea creatures (snorkeling is something you’d really wanna do!). Kayaking, diving, and hiking some of the rocky mountains make for a fabulous time. The Blue Lagoon (AKA Emerald Lake) is absolutely mandatory to climb to!) . Usually a day-trip boat charter from Koh Samui or one of the neighboring islands, there are also some rustic bungalows and tents available for overnight stay. Our family did the day trip from Koh Samui last summer, and it was fantastic!
For the Sunday Stills challenge: Parks
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Locked
Photo: Adi Rozen-Zvi
Life without
Possibility
Of parole.
Robbed of
Freedom.
Wingspan clipped
To the lock
At the end of
A chain
Of events.
Imprisoned
Without fault
But the adversity
And sorrow
Of its birth.
For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Lock
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Bamboo House
Photo: Adi Rozen-Zvi
May there be a home
Inside this house,
Where the strength
And flexibility
Of bamboo
Is proffered,
As basis for the rapid
Steady growth
Love offers.
For Cee’s Black &White Challenge: House
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Thailand Playground
Photo: Adi Rozen-Zvi
It does not matter
Where you are:
Jungle, mountain
Old or new,
Plastic, wood
Or bamboo, too.
There is play here
To be had
If you wish to …
And you do.
For Terri’s Sunday Stills: Playground
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Tropical Trio
Ko Samui Tropical Trio 1; Photo: Naama Yehuda
Ko Samui Tropical Trio 2; Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
Ko Samui Tropical Trio 3; Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
As the storm rolled in
And rain took hold,
Mountains cowered
Under fog.
Note: The above photos were taken within minutes of each other last August in Thailand, as I took an afternoon walk on the beach and a fast-moving tropical storm sped in and essentially cloaked the mountains.
For Nancy Merrill’s Photo a Week Challenge: Three of a kind
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Tropical Boon
Photo: Adi Rozen-Zvi
In orchid garden
They bloom.
A speckled glory,
A boon.
A blushing show
Well adored,
In nature’s awe
And reward.
For the Sunday Stills Challenge: Tropical
And for Cee’s FOTD
Na'ama Yehuda 
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