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Desert Mirage Pictures, Images and Stock Photos - iStock

sand blistering hot my parched throat needs water ah an oasis

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Sam Kauffman

Date: 12/19/2023 12:11:00 PM

Wonderful irony, Bill! Good one! Sending you blessings of Christmas joy dear lone star friend!

Bill Baker
Date: 12/19/2023 6:01:00 PM

Thanks for the comment and for the season's greetings. I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! my friend. Bill

Joe Dimino

Date: 12/19/2023 9:22:00 AM

Just like that apple pie my wife promised me... Love it! Good one, Bill.

Bill Baker
Date: 12/19/2023 5:59:00 PM

:-) cute, Joe. I like your comment. Have a pleasant evening, my friend. Bill

Shadow Hamilton

Date: 12/19/2023 8:08:00 AM

what a beautiful oasis just what one needs on hot day hugs Shadow

Bill Baker
Date: 12/19/2023 8:39:00 AM

Thanks for the visits and comments, Shadow. Smiles ~ Blessings Bill

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 12/19/2023 6:57:00 AM

I enjoyed reading your wonderful write/pretty picture. Have a Very Blessed Christmas & New Year 2023.......................

Bill Baker
Date: 12/19/2023 8:40:00 AM

Thanks for the visits and comments, my friend. Hugs, Bill

Hiya Sharma

Date: 12/19/2023 5:48:00 AM

Oh wow, dear Bill, this is such an insightful and deep senryu which evokes many reflections of thoughts.. It can be interpreted in many ways.. When we tend to trust on a 'mirage' of possibilities, often getting dependent on the illusions of something that might soothe our worries and difficulties.. But that ray of hope often seems to be jumping away from us.. I really loved reading this! Brilliantly done!

Bill Baker
Date: 12/19/2023 8:45:00 AM

Thank you for your visits and comment, Hiya. They're many applications in these words; yours is very true. Looking into the future can create many mirages, we often see only what we want to see. Sometimes the visions are true and dreams spring from them. Smiles ~ Blessings, my friend. Bill

Unseeking Seeker

Date: 12/18/2023 7:42:00 PM

Enjoyed the write, Bill. Here’s one for you: lost in illusions, our soul befriended silence ~ awakening heart

Bill Baker
Date: 12/18/2023 8:20:00 PM

I like yours better than mine, my friend. Thanks for sharing. Have a great week! Bill

Jerry Brotherton

Date: 12/18/2023 5:38:00 PM

A little piece of heaven, hidden in the desert. A wonderful Senryu, Bill.

Bill Baker
Date: 12/18/2023 5:52:00 PM

Thanks, Jerry. Under these circumstances, it would be nice if it were real. Good to see you, my friend. Have a pleasant evening! Bill

Paul Callus

Date: 12/18/2023 2:05:00 PM

In moments of desperation our mind is apt to play tricks on us, Bill. Good senryu, and the accompanying visual is very fitting. ~ regards // paul

Bill Baker
Date: 12/18/2023 4:10:00 PM

Thanks for the visit and comments, Paul. Have a great week, my friend. I want to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Bill

Silent One

Date: 12/18/2023 12:31:00 PM

Nice one Bill, I think it is not just the desert where we can see a mirage, it can happen in different aspects of life.. I really like how you use different themes for this short form.. hope you are well my friend.

Bill Baker
Date: 12/18/2023 4:26:00 PM

I've been struggling a bit, too much to do and only 24 hours in my days. I need about 3 or 4 more or need to adjust what I expect to get done every day. Just tired a lot now days, I need to slow down a bit. Thanks for caring, my friend. Have a good day! Bill

Hilo Poet

Date: 12/18/2023 11:47:00 AM

An insightful Senryu into Edwards contest choices, Bill. There's cactuses on our island named Ka'u Desert but its minus the sand, all on our beaches. They are clumps of dry grass between the cactuses. The clumps are opaque green but the outstretched leaves are dry but they hang together and like the cactuses, there's an inner source that maintain the outlay of the land. The desert is mostly ignored by the tourist. Btw, sandy beaches DO get very hot to those unsuspected tourist. Aloha, William

Bill Baker
Date: 12/18/2023 4:33:00 PM

Thanks for the info, Hilo. It's always interesting to hear a little more about Hawaii, my friend. I want to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Aloha, Bill

Sotto Poet

Date: 12/18/2023 11:22:00 AM

Good job, Bill your in this Senryu the way you described the mirage caused by the extremely hot sand made me feel like my throat was very dry and in need of water. Oh, look! There's an oasis, a place with water! I like the picture as well

Bill Baker
Date: 12/18/2023 4:34:00 PM

Thanks, my friend, I really like it when I found the picture of a mirage ... although it looks like an oasis. Thanks for the comments, Bill