My One Breath Nature Haiku


Haiku and nature photography andone breath poetry have helped me fight hypertension and keep my completely dissected aorta from rupture.  Though my blood pressure still fluctuates and vtach/afib episodes occur on a regular basis, I find that relaxing with poetry helps me controls these medical issues.  Here is a sampling of my daily pulp photos and poetry, mostly centered around Florida's nature, wildlife, waterways and wildflowers, such an awesome way to find peace. Copyright 2013-14 Kevin Songer.


viola palmata, early blue violets
princess place preserve

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brown pelican,
Pelecanus occidentalis
Flagler County, January 2014



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wood stork,
Mycteria americana
Flagler County, December 2013 



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saltmarsh osprey,
Pandion haliaetus
Volusia County, December 2013 


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yummy eastern prickly pear cactus,
Opuntia humifusa
Flagler Beach, November 2013 



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Gulf fritillary feeding on Glades lobelia
Agraulis vanillae and Lobelia glandulosa
Flagler County, Florida, November 2013
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Mala Compra storm approaching
Flagler County, Florida
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Phaon cresent butterflies, Phyciodes phaon
feeding from Bidens alba
Volusia County, Florida
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Yellow Leaf Cup, Polymnia uvedalia
Flagler County, Florida
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Papilio glaucus, tiger swallowtail on
Carolina redroot, Lachnanthes caroliana

Flagler County, Florida
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Egretta caerulea, little blue heron
Graham Swamp, Flagler County, Florida
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Red Shouldered Hawks, Buteo lineatus
Jacksonville, Florida
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Flagler Beach, Florida, October 2013
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Flagler Beach, Florida, October 2013
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Pond Cypress, Taxodium ascendens, 
Graham Swamp, October 2013.
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Princess Place Preserve
Flagler County County, FL, October 2013
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Princess Place Preserve
Flagler County County, FL, October 2013
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Princess Place Preserve
Flagler County County, FL, October 2013
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Saw palmetto, Serenoa repens
Princess Place Preserve
Flagler County County, FL, October 2013
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Live Oak Hammock
Princess Place Preserve
Flagler County County, FL, October 2013
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Egret, Ardea alba
Flagler County County, FL, October 2013
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Swallowtail and the Firespike
Flagler County County, FL, October 2013
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Suwannee River, 
Suwannee County, FL, October 2013
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Sublime
deep calls to deep
subliminally immersed in
a river of life
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Suwannee River, 
Suwannee County, FL, October 2013
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Old Man Cypress Tree
old man cypress tree
never spoken a word but
gnarly story tells
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500 year old cypress, Suwannee River, 
Suwannee County, FL, October 2013
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Experience Deep
clear black river
all my worries float away
blind to the deep
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Suwannee River, 
Suwannee County, FL, October 2013


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Autumn live oak leaf
 Flagler County, FL
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Coquina rock
 MalaCompra, FL October 2013
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Sea bean, sea snails and sargassum
MalaCompra, FL October 2013 
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Coral honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens
Palm Coast, FL October 2013 
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Palamedes swallowtail, Papilio palamedes
feeding on pickerel weed, Pontederia cordata
Ocala National Forest, Alexander Springs 
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 Flagler County, FL, September 2013
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Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Flagler County, October 2013
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Scarlet king snake
Lampropeltis triangulum
Flagler County, FL, Spring 2013

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Blanketflower
Gaillardia pulchella
Flagler County, FL, Spring 2013


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Blanketflower
Gaillardia pulchella
Flagler County, FL, September 2013
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Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Flagler County, FL, September 2013
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Seaside goldenrod
Solidago sempervirens 
Flagler County, FL, September 2013
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Circle of Life

mama shrimp's
ocean view now has new

perspective
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Snowy egret
Egretta thula
Flagler County, FL, September 2013
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Sulfur Butterfly & Honey Bee
on Bildens Alba
Flagler County, FL, September 2013
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 Alexander Springs
Lake County, FL, August 2013
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 Trumpet Vine
Campsis radicans
Flagler County, FL, August 2013
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 Water Oak
Quercus nigra
Flagler County, FL, August 2013
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Snowy egret
Egretta thula
Flagler County, FL, August 2013
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Railroad Vine
Ipomoea pes-caprae
Flagler County, FL, August 2013
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 Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Flagler County, FL, August 2013 
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 Catesby lily
Lilium catesbaei
Flagler County, FL, August 2013 




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Alexander Springs
Lake County, Florida
August 2013
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Duck potato
Sagittaria sp. 
Flagler County, FL July 2013
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 Cypress knee
Taxodium sp.
Flagler County, FL, July 2013 

 
  
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