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Sunday Perch: Tongue-twister

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A photograph of a large monitor lizard resting in a patch of sunlit green grass in Singapore. The lizard's posture and the post's title, 'Sunday Perch,' create a playful visual pun, while the term 'Tongue-twister' alludes to the lizard's distinctive flicking tongue.

Sunday Perch: Defying Gravity

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A vertical, close-up photograph of a green praying mantis perched on a slender blade of grass. The insect's delicate and unique posture, which appears to be 'defying gravity,' is the subject of the post's title.

Sunday Perch: Bellhop

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A macro photograph of a unique, White-plumed Moth (Pterophorus pentadactyla) perched on a plant. The insect's posture and appearance resemble a 'bellhop,' which is the clever wordplay in the post's title.

Sunday at the Manulife Nets

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grandpa and ma
will bring them to the Jewel
this weekend

at the entrance they will display
4 tickets to the nets
booked hastily for some time
when promises were forever
because parents are free
and children good at bouncing back

A photograph of adult and child on a suspended, bouncy rope net high above the ground at the Manulife Nets attraction in Changi Airport.

potocari rain

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A's eyes seemed filled with tears
    that do not fall
at Dutchbat he escaped the chaffing
    by bare weeks
13 is an unlucky number here too
when the March for Peace is mentioned
    they light up for a moment
the other time this happens
    I think I had asked a stupid question
and then they twinkled 
    part pity part indulgence
i’m sure it’s not because he’d seen
    anything new under the sun
A stylized, high-contrast, vertical photograph of the dark, pitted wall of the battery factory at Potocari, which bears the scars of the Srebrenica Massacre. The image serves as a powerful backdrop for a poem that tells the story of a survivor, a poignant detail that adds a layer of personal history to the post.

                                       @the battery factory, srebrenica-potocari memorial centre

Tide Pool #3: Yellow Menace?

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A top-down, close-up photograph of a bright yellow marine growth, with frond-like formations, in a low tide pool on the Mornington Peninsula, Australia. The organism's alien-like appearance is highlighted in the post's title, 'Yellow Menace?', which humorously explores the theme of xenophobia and prejudice.

Tide Pool #2: Life on Mars?

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A top-down, macro photograph of a rocky tide pool on the Mornington Peninsula, Australia, focusing on a weathered, iron-rich sandstone rock with a rugged, reddish-brown surface. The image's color and texture, which evoke the landscape of Mars, directly reflect the post's title, 'Life on Mars?', continuing the theme of alien-like discoveries on the coastline.

Tide Pool #1

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while watching for weedy sea dragons
where reefy sea grass ought to flow
instead this one peeks
in proof of alien life?
A macro photograph of algae fronds almost like a living crab-like organism, resting on a wet, rocky surface in a tide pool on the Mornington Peninsula, Australia

Botswana Beauties: Light Fantastic

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black-winged stilts i’ve read 
are known to be
collaborative home-makers
and gregarious waders 
at the borehole we see them
daddy and mummy long legs
skipping skating skitters 
tilted silted trippers
A high-contrast photograph of silhouetted black-winged stilts in flight and wading through light-speckled water in Botswana.

Botswana Beauties: Dynamic Duos

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A vertical photograph of two vervet monkeys, one climbing on top of the other, on a tree trunk.

A close-up photograph of two Red-billed Hornbills perched side-by-side on a bare tree branch against a pale blue sky.

A striking, silhouetted photograph of two Yellow-billed Hornbills perched side-by-side on a dead tree branch against a dusky, cloudy sky. T

A photograph of two Wattled Cranes, a large, elegant bird species native to the wetlands of Botswana. The two cranes are walking side-by-side in a vast, open field of dry grass,