05/18/25 A New Poem for A New Day

AI generated to create an image of the poem

Looking for cozy?
Open for offers?
Ready for your next adventure?
Meet Pearl

Legendary
Kite for some beach fun
A rad base
Complete with cafe and beer garden
Sleep comfortably

Nature spent the last 250 million years crafting her canvas
Don’t take our word for it
Warn others

(From this poem, I compiled clips from ads I saw.)

Blast from the Past:

The hustle is real
You will need experience
Ride for free after

05/14/25 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo by the author of the mountains in Vang Vieng, Laos

Mountains, mountains, and
Then even more mountains, and
Mountains after that

Blast from the Past:

Islands of mountains
Rising up from the sea of clouds
A Bhudda statue

05/13/25 A New Haiku for a New Day

The enchanted dream
Of stupidity, nothing
Is worth the trouble

Blast from the Past:

Ordinary family
Distorted self-perception
Stupid importance

05/10/25 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo by me

Rainbows, waterfalls,
Mist, and sun sun all come and go
In the Fiordlands

This one is about Fiordland National Park in New Zealand, one of my favorite national parks to visit in the world. I saw more rainbows there in three days than I think I did anywhere in the world, for example, and the mountains constantly shift between weather extremes throughout the day, completely changing the landscape in the process.

Blast from the Past:

The rain must be drums
Upon the water’s surface
For the fish beneath

More of my photos from Fiordland National Park:

04/10/25 A New Haiku for a New Day

Is the waterfall
Concerned with whether each drop
Gets all the way down?

(I wrote this haiku while on the road without enough internet access to post it day of, so I posted later when I internet.)

Blast from the Past:

Yes, waterfalls flow
Without purpose or plan but
With much direction and force
Emerging intent