Darkness slowly fades

Darkness slowly fades - eaten away by another - majestic morning #haiku

Image: Delicate Suspense in Misty Photos

http://www.designfloat.com/blog/2011/01/17/delicate-suspense-in-misty-photos/

Photographer: Dare Turnsek

http://1x.com/member/2259/dare-turnsek/

I will come for you

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I will come for you - on a night wrapped in darkness - in your deep, black dreams #haiku

Image: Delicate Suspense in Misty Photographs

http://www.designfloat.com/blog/2011/01/17/delicate-suspense-in-misty-photos/

Photographer: Doug Siefken 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/siefken/

Hot copper and brass

Hot copper and brass - four-stroke heart heats a furnace - iron butterfly #haiku

Image: Iron, copper and brass

http://tattooissues.com/steampunk-tattoo-designs.php

Summer on her way

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 Summer on her way -
time to be leaving on a -
steampunk holiday #haiku

Image: Steampunk Girl by Zoe Stead

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/page/4/?archives-list=1

Sudden summer breath

Sudden summer breath - the heavens open smiling - tropical kisses #haiku

Image: Houses damaged in trail of destruction across Western Australia

Photograph by Michael Wilson

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/8741291/houses-damaged-in-trail-of-destruction-across-wa/

Storms and heavy rain have ripped through large swaths of WA, damaging more than 100 houses and leaving 10,000 homes without power last night.

The storms, which were not related to weakening cyclone Bianca hovering off the WA coast, ripped through Geraldton on Saturday morning and through Northam, York, Beverley, Wongan Hills, Goomalling, Cunderdin and Toodyay.

Siren voices call

Siren voices call - rain on a distant mountain - lost twisted half dreams #haiku

Image: Moonlight Mountain Rain by Jessie Keylon

http://jessiekeylon.com/blog/?page_id=332

Footsteps echo here

Footsteps echo here - unheard by lonely strangers - within dusty rooms #haiku

Image: Chernobyl Today

http://acidcow.com/pics/16330-chernobyl-today-52-pics.html#

A nation standing

A nation standing - in their solidarity - as the world watches - #haiku #egypt #lybia

Image: Day of Rage

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/01/25/day_of_rage?page=full

Tahrir Square, the main site of protest in Cairo - the capital's hub of political and economic life, as well as the most popular area for tourists - was chosen for its symbolic resonance. Above, demonstrators gather in defiance of police.

Mohammed Abed / AFP / Getty Images


Now the world watches as Libya goes through a violent transition between peaceful demonstrators and a violent regime.

Smiling moon steps down

Smiling moon steps down ~ rattles on your window pane ~ for a cup of tea #haiku

Image: What lies before us and what lies behind us

by Tina Tarnoff

http://tinatarnoff.typepad.com/thought_patterns/2011/01/passages.html

Life slows in a breath

Life slows in a breath - between pale fading heartbeats - one day at a time #haiku

Image: Big World in Shanghai - The End of an Era: Shanghai 1949 by Sam Tata

http://www.chinatoday.com/history/shanghai.old.pictures.htm

Peak hour traffic fades

 Peak hour traffic fades - waiting for the lights to change - in flashes of green #haiku

Image: Chernobyl Today

http://acidcow.com/pics/16330-chernobyl-today-52-pics.html#

Coil of mortal life

Coil of mortal life - fading engergy shadows - a lust for power  #haiku

Image: Chernobyl Today

http://acidcow.com/pics/16330-chernobyl-today-52-pics.html#

Thoughts evaporate

Thoughts evaporate - fading into nothingness - in these empty days  #haiku

Image: Chernobyl Today

http://acidcow.com/pics/16330-chernobyl-today-52-pics.html#

timeless moments ebb

timeless moments ebb - and flow, waves rise from the streets - in a tailor's stitch  #haiku

Image: Sewing Service from Old pictures of Shanghai 

Shanghai 1949 - the end of an era by Sam Tata

http://www.chinatoday.com/history/shanghai.old.pictures.4.htm

moment of shadow

moment of shadow - floating amid still water - that's a lot of fish #haiku

Image:  Rare old photographs of Chinese cities taken less than a hundred years ago

http://www.fludit.com/inspiration/rare-old-photos-of-chinese-cities-taken-less-than-hundred-years-ago.html

Pool of weeping tears

Pool of weeping tears - dancers on wings of true love - moonlight on the lake #haiku

Image: Moonlight on the Lake - posted by Kev

http://www.pixdaus.com/single.php?id=189556

Thank you Cherie ❤ 

The ghosts of my dreams

The ghosts of my dreams - shine in painted reflection - floating on water  #haiku

Image:  Rare old photographs of Chinese cities taken less than a hundred years ago

http://www.fludit.com/inspiration/rare-old-photos-of-chinese-cities-taken-less-than-hundred-years-ago.html

A thousand eyes gaze

A thousand eyes gaze - as you walk through busy streets - captured by your grace - #haiku 

Image: Rare old photographs of Chinese cities taken less than a hundred years ago

http://www.fludit.com/inspiration/rare-old-photos-of-chinese-cities-taken-less-than-hundred-years-ago.html

Soft noise and movement

Soft noise and movement - as the moon crosses dark streets - crickets sing their songs #haiku

Image: Dark Street, Scary Night, Are You Safe?

http://www.aboutshanghai.com/arts/1200-dark-streets-safe.php

Dappled light sliding

Dappled light sliding - laughing momentarily - in one single breath #haiku

Image: Beauty in Nature

http://omid20-18.com/?p=15968

Where do the days go

Where do the days go - sitting on the porch drinking - 'til the sun goes down #haiku

Image: July 1939, Gordonton NC

http://www.pixdaus.com/?sort=ever

Moonlight sears the dark

Moonlight sears the dark - echoed from your fingertips - in secret places  #haiku

Image: Entering Another World by Trey Ratcliff @ flickr
via @Sarahzad528

http://www.pixdaus.com/single.php?id=277507

Fingers of light drift

Fingers of light drift - from a sleepy masquerade - through a mist of dreams #haiku

Image: Union Hotel, Adelaide, the Sympathy Orchestra

In shadows of time

In shadows of time - the moment slowly passes - within your silence #haiku

Image: Ta Prohm - Shadows of Time, Angkor

image © copyright Heidie Lee Locke - all rights reserved

http://www.citiesofeternity.com/angkorw9.htm

As time steals away

As time steals away - leaving pale lasting traces - I cast no shadow #haiku

Image: Time Bandit by Max Nathan

http://www.flickr.com/photos/_imax/4983306326/in/set-72157624914553648/

Dreams come and go as

Dreams come and go as - laundry on the washing line - hanging out to dry  #haiku

Image: Fahn Street, West side, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-csas-06925

Noted architectural photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston created a systematic record of early American buildings and gardens. Photographed primarily in the 1930s, the collection includes more than 7,100 images showing an estimated 1,700 structures and sites in rural and urban areas of Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana, and to a lesser extent Florida, Mississippi, and West Virginia.

http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/vrc/archives/architecture/index.html

Far-off horizons

Far-off horizons - amid a shady retreat - where dreams might repose  #haiku

Image: The Gellert Swimming Pool – Budapest, Hungary

http://www.furniturefashion.com/2011/01/25/15-of-the-worlds-coolest-swimming-pools.html

Before I knew it

Before I knew it - time had swept me by, dancing - and summer was gone #haiku

Image:  Another building by Kahn, The National Theater (1911) on Monroe Street near Greektown, then - and now

http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/vrc/archives/architecture/index.html

http://www.forgottendetroit.com/national/09.htm

Cemented by dreams

Cemented by dreams - woven dark brickwork texture - under stone-washed sky

Image: Forgotten Detroit - Albert Kahn Villa

This villa was one of Albert Kahn's first projects, on Eliot Street in Brush Park. Built in 1893 for the banker William Livingstone, it had to be torn down in 2007.  This house was not only famous for its long tortured decline, it was also renowned as the first commission by the young architect Albert Kahn while working for the George Mason-Zachariah Rice firm.

http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/vrc/archives/architecture/index.html

http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-63754-12.html

My love pours out from

My loves pours out from - holes in my heart where darkness - stills restless heartbeat  #haiku

Image: Butchart Garden 2 by Ecstaticist

http://www.pixdaus.com/single.php?id=192590

Thank you Cherie ❤

Morning tranquil breeze

Morning tranquil breeze - reaching out to distant seas - splintered waves of light  #haiku

Image: Pimalai Resort Swimming Pool – Koh Lanta, Thailand

http://www.furniturefashion.com/2011/01/25/15-of-the-worlds-coolest-swimming-pools.html

Your song sighs streaming

Your song sighs streaming - gentle in the air and the line - goes on forever  #haiku

Image: Railway Lines - US Standard Gauges
http://www.cylive.com/content/28068/The_Fascinating_History_of_the_Railroad_Tracks_and_the_Space_Shuttle_Design

A lazy sun hides - undercurrents of despair - a glimmer of hope

A lazy sun hides - undercurrents of despair - a glimmer of hope #haiku

Image: Sunset in Haiti The Nap Kenbe Project

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Nap-Kenbe-Project/106839856051142

The Nap Kenbe Project One year ago more than 220,000 men, women, and children lost their lives in an event that united the world in solidarity with the people of Haiti. Now, one year later, the wounds have become scars, the pain has become memory, and the sadness has become hope for and end to the continued suffering of the Haitian people.

Catching a deep breath - as the sun goes down under - tropical horizons #haiku

Image: Glenelg Beach, Adelaide, at night

Liisa @ picasaweb

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fTFu6-lqEbMTF83JB2embg

As you shake the ground - from your fingers to my lips - a whole world crumbles #haiku

Image: Vietnam to Angkor Wat

http://vietnamunlimited.net/vietnam-unlimited-to-angkor-wat.html

I often wonder - if you are coming back home - or still out dancing

I often wonder - if you are coming back home - or still out dancing #haiku

Image: Taken in Pripyat, an abandoned city near Chernobyl

http://www.epbot.com/2010/06/urban-decay.html

Walking in circles - through sad, dusty mazes of - possibility

Walking in circles - through sad, dusty mazes of - possibility

Image: The derelict Norwich Insane Asylum. Photo by www.flickr.com/photos/tom_tiernan/

The Controversial World of Urban Exploring

http://loveandtrash.com/2010/05/the-controversial-world-of-urban-exploring/

In ageing beauty / truth walks a fragile journey / soft lines of your face

In ageing beauty - truth walks a fragile journey - 

soft lines of your face

Image: now through a dangerous valley by Ryo

http://bannka.com/u/6786?es=t&nec=t

Staring up at the sky - if only I were a bird - my darling angel

Staring up at the sky - if only I were a bird - 

my darling angel  

I am cast away ~ circles of endless longing ~ in timeless shadow

I am cast away ~ circles of endless longing ~ 

in timeless shadow #haiku


Não sou lançado longe ~ a em nenhum lugar ~ na sombra eterna #haiku

Image: Hover - photograph by Thomas Hawk

http://thomashawk.com/2011/01/hover.html

http://www.google.com/buzz/thomashawk22/cN7mjVqT59v/Hover

Under cold moonlight - when the streets are paved with gold - I will come for you

Under cold moonlight - when the streets are paved with gold - 

I will come for you #haiku

Image:  Piazza della Signoria by Dagmar Bouskova

Although Florentine banking is no longer what it once was, the streets of Florence are still paved in gold. 

Or at least were on this rainy night.

The photo is taken in Piazza della Signoria.

http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/Florence/photo1256689.htm

When I close my eyes - and the dark night surrounds us - your heart sings to me

When I close my eyes -
and the dark night surrounds us -
your heart sings to me #haiku

Image: Steampunk Heart Brooch 2 by ValerianaSolaris on deviantART

http://valerianasolaris.deviantart.com/art/Steampunk-Heart-Brooch-2-120114616

Blossom trails the ground - a distant temple bell chimes - cricket sings to moon

Blossom trails the ground - a distant temple bell chimes - 

cricket sings to moon #haiku

Image: Insect made from a bunch of wire

http://www.tektuff.com/steampunk-insect-bunch-wires/

Distant melody - songs of the night resounding - within hearts of stone

Distant melody - songs of the night resounding - 

within hearts of stone #haiku

Image: Ancient Egyptian Mural at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mharrsch/1043940774/

I see your shadow - your silent screaming corrodes - leaving me speechless

I see your shadow - your silent screaming corrodes - 

leaving me speechless #haiku

Image: Saturday Night

http://littleplastichorses.blogspot.com/2011/01/saturday-night.html