Caveat: Poem #3516 "It's been over a year since I left the island"

#Poetry #Haiku #Senryu #Photography #SoutheastAlaska

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went to ketchikan:
here's hollis in the rearview...
shrouded in the snow

- a pseudo-haiku.

https://caveatdumptruck.com/index.php/2026/03/24/caveat-poem-3516/

Caveat: Poem #3511 "The gods disregard anti-littering laws"

#Poetry #Haiku #Senryu #Photography #SoutheastAlaska

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the commute to work
was littered with white crystals
what is that about?

- a pseudo-haiku.

https://caveatdumptruck.com/index.php/2026/03/19/caveat-poem-3511/

Mountain view from the LeConte Glacier area, taken on a PSG high school surveying trip around 1992. McFadden Family Photos Scan of a print. Iolaire's photo. LeConte Glacier, near Petersburg, Alaska, USA #MountainMonday #Glacier #SouthEastAlaska #PetersburgAK

For those interested in Glaciers and the student observations Mr Bowen setup there are actually quite a few articles about the high school program:
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/math-class-glacier/

https://alaskamagazine.com/authentic-alaska/wildlife-nature/ice-meets-math-at-leconte-glacier/

https://www.petersburgpilot.com/story/2022/03/10/news/phs-students-prepare-for-upcoming-leconte-glacier-survey/11903.html

Caveat: Poem #3140 "Pacific"

#Poetry #Haiku #Senryu #SoutheastAlaska #Photography

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a lavender dawn
our alaskan dock, fresh snow,
a sea: pacific

- a pseudo-haiku.

https://caveatdumptruck.com/index.php/2025/03/11/caveat-poem-3140/

Caveat: Poem #3113 "The drive to town"

#Poetry #Nonnet #Photography #SoutheastAlaska

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The road was coated in snow and ice.
But the still air was cold enough
that it was not slippery.
Tendrils rose from the sea.
On my drive to town,
some ravens sat
alongside
watching
things.

- a nonnet.

https://caveatdumptruck.com/index.php/2025/02/12/caveat-poem-3113/

#Photography #SoutheastAlaska

Out my bedroom window just past dawn...

Caveat: Poem #3070 "Mid-December moonrise"

#Poetry #Haiku #Senryu #Photography #SoutheastAlaska

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a few weeks ago
the chilly moon rose above
the grocery store

- a pseudo-haiku.

https://caveatdumptruck.com/index.php/2024/12/31/caveat-poem-3070/

Caveat: Boat outta water

#SoutheastAlaska #Photography

An autumnal ritual, we got the boat out of the water.

I work on cleaning it a bit, tomorrow, but the bottom is remarkably free of nefarious barnacles - probably a consequence of how late we put it in the water this year. I'm grateful for the neighbors' help on pulling it out this morning - Arthur's situational awareness is so minimal, these days, that he was...

https://caveatdumptruck.com/index.php/2024/10/26/caveat-boat-outta-water-2/