Prairie grass
beneath a traveler's feet
cut-glass above.
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Spring journey
burnished clouds....straw sandals
intimate guides
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| Looking East toward the Great Plains |
After several weeks of stunning mountain vistas and rugged western outdoors, I snapped this photo looking east. There the flatness of the Great Plains came as a stunning shock to my eyes.
The incomparable Colorado sky seemed to embrace the golden grasslands. Both the sky and the reeds seemed to be pointing the way home. It felt like holy ground.
Today I am sharing my photo with At Home with Books and my poem with Haiku Heights. The prompt for the poem is the word gloss
What lovely lines complimenting the beautiful pictures ... great combo !!!
ReplyDeleteThat is so pretty with the grass against the sky! I've never seen the plains in person, only from an airplane.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! That landscape seems to go on and on forever.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a postcard shot! Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty snapshots (both haiku and pic).
ReplyDeletelove your imagery...the cut glass....cool way to see the sky...and my sandals are a constant companion...smiles. very cool pic...
ReplyDeleteThe photo is beautiful... so is the haiku!
ReplyDeleteEuphoria in music
Beautiful photo and fantastic haiku. I feel the spirit of pilgrimage.
ReplyDeleteIt is a lovely shot - there's a wonderful textural quality to the grass, and I like the contrast of its straight lines and spikiness against those fluffy, rounded clouds.
ReplyDeleteA lovely picture...I like the cut glass and intimate guides ~
ReplyDeleteBeautiful image and haiku to match.
ReplyDeleteIt feels like an action shot - you can almost see the clouds scudding across the sky and reeds waving in the breeze - very peaceful.
ReplyDeleteThis leaves me in awe ... you have painted with your words and together with this wonderful picture you have made a wonderful haiga (picture + haiku).
ReplyDeleteI love the contrast of the dry grass and the clouds. Wonderful composition.
ReplyDeleteHere's my Saturday Snapshot.
Enjoyed your words and your photograph, thank you.
ReplyDeleteI remember Colorado driving Pike's Peak and drinking a lot of water! It was all good! Thanks for sharing your adventures, BHN! xxoo Nancy
ReplyDeleteLove those clouds.
ReplyDeleteBoth your haiku and photo are beautiful. The etching of the grasses against the sky is so pretty.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cloud formations with complimentary haiku.
ReplyDeleteBefore I ever saw the photo, I thought: cut glass = stars
ReplyDeleteGloss
I can picture the gloss! Spring journey sounds wonderful.
ReplyDeleteStunning :D **New Follower**
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful shot! Such a sense of the huge amount of space between grass and sky just by focusing on both! A keeper - and your words complement perfectly!
ReplyDeleteGreat angle on that shot. Here's Mine
ReplyDeleteGreat shot. So inspiring the wilderness feel and blessed silence with no machines :)
ReplyDeleteGreat lines for the prompt
ReplyDeleteAwesome pic with a lovely haiku...
ReplyDeleteGreat picture!
ReplyDeleteGreat photo, I feel like I'm sitting there with you.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photo (really nice contrast with the stiff grass and fluffy clouds-blue sky) and beautiful words to go with it!
ReplyDeleteFantastic shot!
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