Green leaf mantis

Image by:  © Norbert  Wu / Corbis

in green camouflage
the mantis on the lookout
praying for a prey
 

Ancient city of Bagan, Myanmar

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sun coasting above
the great city from the past
casting its stillness
  

Aerial view of a dock in Martinique, France

Image by:  © Guido Alberto Rossi / Axiom

long empty platform

invites distant travelers

to lodge their vessels

Painted backstreet of Dozza in the province of Bologna, Italy

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quiet passerby
sees the walls of expressions
in many designs

Polar bear rolling on the frozen Beaufort Sea, near Point Barrow, Alaska

Image by:  © Patrick J Endress / Visuals Unlimited

tired of recent hunt

resting over arctic bed

wishing for a meat

Fireworks over Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong

Image by:  © Chan Yat Nin / Corbis

fountains of shimmers

goodbye twenty eleven

hello twenty twelve

View from Haleakalā, Maui, Hawaii

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clouds dancing with joy
as mist silently awakes
the sleeping giant