For One Deep Breath's "roots/connection" challenge, three haiku to match photos by Marie-Claire Holmes:
Roots wrap this building
strangling the infrastructure
but can't stifle growth
The trees grow taller
as buildings collapse with age
man's folly displayed
Roots run deeper now
than any stone foundation
nature's strength unmatched
Splendid pictures, m'dear!
And the accompanying haikus--mahvellous, simply de-lec-table!
:D
Posted by: [a} | 02 February 2007 at 19:18
The haiku are wonderful and the photos are astounding...doubly so because Tom took almost identical photos (times 200)...this is Ankor Wat!
Posted by: susan | 02 February 2007 at 01:28
I am glad to see that nature is winning. Great photos and poems.
Posted by: Sandy | 31 January 2007 at 22:17
Wow! Amazing photos, amazing look at nature vs./with [wo]man, amazing haiku. I love "man's folly displayed."
jb
Posted by: Jblackdesigns | 31 January 2007 at 19:38
These are amzazing photos, and your haiku are the perfect accompaniment. I particularly love the last - very moving :)
Posted by: Becca | 31 January 2007 at 12:05
Wow! I love these pictures and the haiku that accompany them!
Wonderful! Thank you!
-- f
Posted by: footpad | 31 January 2007 at 08:12
thanks for sharing the haiku and photos (such amazing photos)
Posted by: AscenderRisesAbove | 31 January 2007 at 06:22
That's great. Nature reclaiming.
Posted by: Elspeth | 31 January 2007 at 01:40
Amazing as always, Tara. I especially love the last pic &
"Roots run deeper now
than any stone foundation..."
Posted by: Neasa | 30 January 2007 at 20:39
Roots run deeper now
than any stone foundation
nature's strength unmatched
Wow! And all those photos, "Wow! again.
Posted by: Roswila (a/k/a Patricia) | 30 January 2007 at 19:54
My goodness can that gal find great shots or what! These haiku really complimented the power of these shots. You nailed this theme! WOW!
Posted by: Tammy | 30 January 2007 at 18:50
Awesome words and pictures, I especially like the last one.
Posted by: Kamsin | 30 January 2007 at 18:45
The first one says it all. Nice ku's!
Posted by: Get Zapped | 30 January 2007 at 16:54
Genius! And the pictures are amazing too.
Posted by: Hundred and one | 30 January 2007 at 08:20
Just amazing, Tara! To think that nature is so tenacious and yet so fragile...
Posted by: Regina Clare Jane | 30 January 2007 at 06:08
The words and the pictures are moving. How neat it would be to study those roots in person. Really amazing.
oxox
:)
Posted by: Amber | 30 January 2007 at 05:22
I've always been fascinated at how plants can break through stone. Nature is a lot stronger than we are...which is why we need to respect it.
Posted by: Colette | 30 January 2007 at 02:49
Amazing photos and words! In a bit of synchronicity, I've just discovered a vine that's grown completely around part of our fence, so that the fence goes right through the middle of the plant (it had been hidden under some overhanging ivy) - I don't know how they do that, the endurance and cunning of Mother Nature never ceases to amaze me.
Posted by: tinker | 30 January 2007 at 02:44
Great combination of photos and poems.
Posted by: sarala | 30 January 2007 at 02:36
I can't wait til we learn to mingle in peace. There's room for us all.
Posted by: wendy | 29 January 2007 at 23:56
Tara,
Magnificent photos........."nature's strength unmatched"
Nature will out!
Your words capture this essence well.
rel
Posted by: rel | 29 January 2007 at 22:58
I raced over here when I saw the roots challenge - how do you do it? I sat for hours trying to think of one word to start with.
Tara - you are an amazing poet. Love these and the pictures are great! look at those ancient tree roots! makes me feel small in the scheme of things
Posted by: miss*R | 29 January 2007 at 22:23
Amazing photos - that last one particularly really captures the sheer strength of the trees.
Posted by: Crafty Green Poet | 29 January 2007 at 21:33
This is awesome, thanks for sharing and I love the poem
Posted by: cathy | 29 January 2007 at 19:40
No matter how brilliant we are in our design and construction, nature will always win out. Just gorgeous, Tara.
Posted by: annieelf | 29 January 2007 at 19:36
Amazing images--you beautifully wed them to the words! "but can't stifle growth"--those are ones I'll hold onto.
Love,
D.
Posted by: Delia | 29 January 2007 at 19:32
Those roots on the buildings are counterintuitive to me. Manmade structures and natural growth shouldn't be so intertwined, and yet they are. There's a lesson in there somewhere.
Posted by: ally bean | 29 January 2007 at 19:15
absolutely enchanting!
I love each photograph~
Much love and many blessings.
Love Jeanne ^j^
Posted by: Jeanne | 29 January 2007 at 18:41