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
Tropical Boon
Thailand
Peak’s Bones
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
Ancient stone
Not disowned
By old time’s
Marching on.
Newer walls
Chaperone
To contain
Buddha’s throne,
And only the peak’s
Crumbling bones
Tell of years
Now long
Gone.
For the Wits-End Weekly Photo Challenge: Decay
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At The Gate
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
For the gate from the old
Must stand guard
Not by sword
But to hold
Off the passage of years
So the lessons of past
May find ways to
Be cast.
For Cee’s Black &White Photo Challenge: Fences and Gates
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Saving Daylight
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
Cherish every moment
Left
Of light as
Suns will set.
Hold on to the
Deep rewards
Of daylight breathed
Through soul,
And saved.
For Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge: Daylight Hours
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In Motion
Photo: Adi Rozen-Zvi
And the water rushed
From the top
Of the mountain
To the valley below,
Urged by the
Perpetual motion
Of life in
Quenching flow.
For the Wits-End Challenge: Motion
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Unexpected Sales
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
I did not quite expect,
On the beach, in the sun,
A visit from dinos
Puppeted by a man.
Granted these all were smaller
Than the ones I would fear,
But I still did not really
Want them too near.
My eyes must’ve
Been wide
As I waved
Him aside,
But two chairs
To the right
He sold three
With delight.
For the Lens-Artist Photo Challenge: Unexpected
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Beyond Scale
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
There’s little possible
Perspective
For how to scale
The size of feet
That for so many
Will not fit
In anyone’s shoes
Ever
Not before
Not since.
Trivia note: The photo above is a detail of the Reclining Buddha in Wat Pho Temple in Bangkok, Thailand (also known as “Temple of the Reclining Buddha” or Wat Phra Chetuphon). The giant Buddha measures 46 meters (over 150 feet) long, 15 meters (almost 50 feet) high, and is covered in gold leaf. The soles of the feet (depicted in the photo above) and the eyes are intricately carved with mother of pearl. The soles of the feet inscribe the 108 holy characteristics of the true Buddha, in both Chinese and Indian styles. The 20 acres of the temple complex also contains over a 1000 Buddha images, many tracing back centuries.
For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Unusual perspective
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Under Cloudy Skies
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
Mountains brood
Under skies
Packed with cotton
Piled high
Wrapped in shadows
Near by.
Afternoon
In Chiang Mai.
For the Wits-End Weekly Photo Challenge: Under Cloudy Skies
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Not Minor
Photo: Adi Rozen-Zvi
You hold on in the mountains
Where the way of life you had fled
To protect
Has become
Tied into tourists arriving:
Some to gawk
Others to try and learn a bit about
Your rich traditions,
The pain and pride,
The dignity and patient ways,
The complicated significance
Of who you are
And may wish to remain
And how it is bound into the realities
Of avenues still open to you
In a country where you are
Curios and assets,
As well as precious human beings
Full of life and memories,
And to me rare less in your numbers
Than in the profound window
You open into the uniqueness of
Each one of us
And the minority we are or can be
At any time
To some.
For the Friday Foto Fun challenge: Minorities
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Got Wheels
Photo: Adi Rozen-Zvi
In a mountain village
By a wooden slide
A plastic trike
Awaits a ride.
For a playground isn’t
Fully sound
Without some wheels
To go around.
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Bicycles, Tricycles, etc
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