Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Clouds + Sky Tell a Story in the Amazon

Traveling along the Amazon River in Peru is a transformative experience. The haiku below reveals what I felt while cruising for a week on La Estrella Amazonica and in one of their two 18-person skiffs used to navigate the narrow tributaries.


Strong coffee in hand
Early morning sky wakes up
Clouds compete above. 

Puffy marshmallows
Hover above green tangles
Monkeys grasp the air.

Sun streaks dark blankets
Coating an azure canvas
The sky cries again.

Scarlet fires blaze
A final sign of daylight
Night creatures beckon.

One last chardonnay
A perch above the wildness
Thin wisps covered in night shrouds. 












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12 comments:

  1. Vera MarieOctober 29, 2013 at 9:14 PM

    Really beautiful photographs, Jeanine!

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  2. J The Travel AuthorityOctober 29, 2013 at 9:24 PM

    Hi Vera, Thanks so very much!

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  3. Jane Louise BoursawOctober 30, 2013 at 8:18 PM

    Such wonderful photos. Just lovely.

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  4. chow and chatterOctober 30, 2013 at 10:34 PM

    so beautiful must share with a google plus poet friend

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  5. A Cuban In LondonOctober 31, 2013 at 5:21 PM

    I love your photos and the haiku. Many thanks.

    Greetings from London.

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  6. J The Travel AuthorityNovember 1, 2013 at 11:19 PM

    Hi Vera, Thanks much. Glad you enjoyed 'em.

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  7. J The Travel AuthorityNovember 1, 2013 at 11:19 PM

    Hi Jane, I appreciate your enthusiastic comment. Thanks.

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  8. J The Travel AuthorityNovember 1, 2013 at 11:20 PM

    Hi Rebecca, That'd be very cool. Thanks.

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  9. J The Travel AuthorityNovember 1, 2013 at 11:21 PM

    Hi A Cuban in London, Glad you enjoyed my haiku. Very fun to write it.

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  10. SherylNovember 12, 2013 at 1:49 PM

    Just beautiful. I can hear music to accompany both the words and the lovely photos...

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  11. AlexandraNovember 12, 2013 at 7:13 PM

    Sounds amazing. I love haiku and I love clouds.

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  12. merrNovember 12, 2013 at 9:39 PM

    Seems like you were really in the moment with these photos and prose.

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