Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area in the town of Alabama, Genesee County, NY. (Photo by Richard Moss)

A paperboy's photos & haiku. All content copyright of Richard L. Moss

Today’s offering

Scars

Hugs and kisses help
But can’t heal wounds without truth 
And consequences

Pinned Offerings

(My Favorites)

Bucket List 

Watch a rosebud bloom
Taste food of many cultures
Hear blue whales converse

Choices, Choices

When it is time for
Streaming service, I prefer
A babbling brook

Smooth

Longitudinal 
Waves cleanse souls ear surfing
Coltrane particles

Nictation 

Blink and you missed it
Blink, it never existed
Blink, you never were

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  • Wormhole: If history is / Tunnel toward light, make sure / Manhole cover’s off
  • All Wet: Sonic debug of / Axial fable caters / To still odd dawning
  • Safety Pin: May you never be / An innocent caught between / Two warring factions
  • Bull Wrinkle: Old moose smashed on Tang / Leveled courtroom and harried / Rajah to pieces
  • Layers: Next time you should find/ Yourself dicing some onion, / Do it with relish
  • Office Memo: Email can’t convey / Tone of voice so mind makes up / Worst one possible
  • Endurance: Flora begat sleek / Sight ratio which might help / Build stoicism
  • Wishes & Fishes: Tough genie in tweed / Was happy after shirking / Civil strap luncheon
  • Policy Polka: Space royal ovine / Mamma in ascot rallied / Mossy basis rate
  • Gooey: Slime class changed optics, / Donning whacky hats to eat / Crisp larva and krill
  • Blocking: You can’t save them all, / But you can foil predators / You meet on the trail
  • Mule Driver: Bray to skies above/ Feral scent of sweat-soaked fur / Pull, dagnab you, pull
  • Shanty Games: Wagers abounded / For caterpillar races / By Clinton’s Big Ditch
  • Sandstone: Quarrymen cut blocks / Masons muscled into place / To cement future
  • Drip Drops: Culvert guides country / Road under canal’s moisture / With just a few leaks
  • Lock Tender: Hurry up and wait / ‘Til it’s time to lift gate and / Water gushes out
  • Crewmen: Canallers, they say, / Were quite a rambunctious lot / Knifing through water
  • Sin-tillating: Canal taverns held / Promise of a pint, song or / Rollicking dispute
  • Canal Daze: Packets and barges / Plied the old Erie Canal / Westward, scallywags!
  • Bootstraps: You can’t rely upon / Fate’s vomitations to spew / Out your moral luck
  • Daily Bread: Meals for mind can’t just / Be desserts; menu must have / All basic food groups
  • Spa-taneity: Undaunted pagans/ In wake of jolly juice gorge / Went for vague detox
  • Space Cowgirl: Droll brand clerk pivots / Her freak to scoop orbiting / Modal space station
  • Econ-comics: All you need to know / About inflation is its / Produced by hot air
  • Obligations: Rich nations, like rich / People, have duty to help / Those who are in need
  • Revolutions: Logrolling contests / Water and favors sluicing / Keep old world spinning
  • Manifest Destiny: A sign of progress: / Conquest and colonizing / Now considered rude
  • Dogberry: Met a malaprop — / He indicted me to tee / And some poobarb rye
  • Presto: Pulling a rabbit/ Out of your hat trick is a / Species of endgame
  • Chomolungma: Norgay’s grand summit / Pinnacle of obsession / Goddess of mountains
  • Hippoliani: Clout seeking tapir / Used admin’s patio phone / To steer lapel lies
  • Nesting: Bluebird box outside / Kitchen window complements / My morning coffee
  • Casting Spells: Mojo proposal / Interrupted long séance, / Knocking back spirits
  • Rat-tle & Roll: Reptile lets out hiss / From hidden chambers among / Pumpkin patch papers
  • Scents & Sensibility: A hundred flowers / Are blooming but no one is / Smelling the roses
  • Quantum Leap: If Schrödinger’s cat / Waived its particle function / Could it teleport?
  • Literally: Body politic / Takes on new meaning in trans, / Abortion debates
  • Masks: Whenever we leave / Comfort of our homes we don / Helmets and armor
  • Growing Old: You have to expect / Age to knock some slats askew; / It builds characters
  • Game of Chance: Some years voting booth / Seems like a roulette table / With capital stakes
  • Freedoms: Verses Satanic / Perhaps — go on, disagree; / But let writer be

Welcome to Tavi’s Musings

I don’t pretend these are true haiku, nor do I consider myself anything more than a photo hobbyist. I write these words and take these photos to amuse myself. If anyone else is able to get some pleasure out of them, so much the better. I am also a novice at website building, so any navigation faults are likely mine and not WordPress’. “Tavi” is short for Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, and comes from when my late Dad would read Rudyard Kipling to us. If you would like to contact me, send an email to Tavi@tavimusings.com

Richard L. Moss

Richard Moss is a proud resident of Medina, NY, an alumnus of Washington and Lee University and a former newspaperman who spent the bulk of his career as an editor with the Rochester, NY, Democrat and Chronicle.