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A Day In the Life

in India’s heat
the spoors of a lone creature. . . 
leading to water

in a shallow pool
the solitary beast bathes. . . 
sun pours down golden

a lame gaur wanders
near the tall yellow grasses. . . 
the crouching tiger

around the carcass
two females join in to feed. . . 
benevolence reigns

racing with shadows
as dusk steaks the orange sky. . . 
the Bengal tiger


Written 7/29 for Shadow Hamilton's New Contest Tigers Living Free

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Skat A

Date: 5/16/2015 11:43:00 AM

amazing imagery * Forever ~SKAT~

Abdulhafeez Oyewole

Date: 12/8/2013 7:47:00 PM

Lovely woven Haikus. Congrats!

Jon A Cavanaugh

Date: 9/24/2013 9:58:00 PM

Another wonderful write and wonderful win. Congratulations!

Phyllis Babcock

Date: 9/20/2013 10:17:00 PM

nice series of haiku's. love phyl

Joseph May

Date: 8/23/2013 8:44:00 AM

congrats on a great win Andrea

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 8/23/2013 7:25:00 AM

Fantastic piece. Congrats.

Danesh Morgan

Date: 8/23/2013 2:02:00 AM

Congrats on your win. Morgan

Seren Roberts

Date: 8/22/2013 9:23:00 PM

Congrats ....Seren

Skat A

Date: 8/22/2013 8:54:00 PM

Andrea, thank you for setting the Tigers Free in the world.. LOL, i feel as if i should run. Just kidding. congrats.... SKAT

Shadow Hamilton

Date: 8/22/2013 8:41:00 PM

Hi Andrea ty for supporting contest and congrats on your win Shadow x smile

Richard D Seal

Date: 8/17/2013 4:19:00 AM

You're going in for the kill with this one Petal lol. Isn't it a shame that these magnificent creatures are being hunted out of existance. Take care, Richard

Jack Horne

Date: 8/7/2013 4:30:00 PM

love these haiku, Andrea

Wilma Neels

Date: 8/7/2013 7:52:00 AM

oooh got to say that I love this Andrea :) beautiful stuff :) luv Wilma

Suzanne Delaney

Date: 8/5/2013 4:43:00 PM

Fantastic images especially the concluding haiku. Looks like a definite winner, SuZ

Robert Johnson

Date: 8/5/2013 2:00:00 PM

A picturesque portrayel of the beastly side of life. It's a jungle out there, said the husband to his wife. :)

Erich Goller

Date: 8/5/2013 12:23:00 PM

a beautiful Haiku Suite, I enjoyed reading it,God bless you.Hugs!Erich

Harry Horsman

Date: 8/5/2013 9:31:00 AM

unique and amazing these are...

Sara Kendrick

Date: 8/4/2013 1:23:00 PM

Enjoyed reading this one today...Very creative Haiku for the contest..Reads like a winner to me..Thanks for the visit..Sara

Charmaine Chircop

Date: 8/4/2013 12:33:00 AM

I loved reading each haiku..step by step as if i was in the wildlife watching from a distance with binoculars..I love the ending haiku..Exceptional..and tnks for explaining what gaur is dear : )

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/3/2013 11:47:00 PM

for those who wondered. I looked up gaur, and it looks kind of like a cross between an ox and a moose.

Duke Beaufort

Date: 8/3/2013 8:02:00 PM

You have described a scene in such a wonderful way. The streaks in the orange sky are just like the stripes on the beast. We live in a wild world. We've only tamed it temporarily.

Kash Poet

Date: 8/3/2013 1:43:00 PM

Yeah..Bengal tiger!Actually that is Royal Bengal Tiger.I am from that Bengal of India.Very nice approach here by you Andrea.Enjoyed the haiku series.