DAILY PHOTO: Mussoorie from the Mountaintop

Photograph taken in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India.
Photograph taken from Lal Tibba to Mussoorie, India.
Photograph taken in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India.

Fly [Haiku]

Photograph of a fly on a leaf, taken in Mussoorie.
fly in Summer,
buzzes around a cow --
dodging whip-tail.

PROMPT: Drink

Daily writing prompt
What is your favorite drink?

Water. Far and away. Nothing else comes close by volume consumed.

Unless this is one of those instances where “drink” is code for alcoholic beverage — in which case the answer is pilsner or gin, as the mood strikes.

Sunburst Fungi [Haiku]

Photograph of joint-toothed moss and tiny mushrooms taken near Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India.
under thick moss,
two tiny mushrooms cause
sunburst guitar-mind.

Dancing Dragon [Lyric Poem]

Photograph of the head of a dancing dragon taken in Melaka, Malaysia.
A dancing dragon winds
through streets of Chinatown.
Head pivots, nods, and turns
as it looks all around.

I hope its golden eye
will not catch sight of me
because its big, curved fangs
do not look so friendly.

You may say its paper,
and those teeth can't do harm,
but there's life in its moves
that's cause of my alarm.

Bird on a Wire [Haiku]

Photograph taken in Lucknow, India.
a bird alights
onto a windswept wire;
then seems to doze.

DAILY PHOTO: Atop a Karst Formation in Laos

Photograph taken atop Phapoak Mountain, near Vang Vieng in Laos.
Photograph taken atop Phapoak Mountain, near Vang Vieng, Laos.

PROMPT: Favorite People

Daily writing prompt
Who are your favorite people to be around?

Those who don’t take many things seriously, themselves least of all.

Smoke Rise [Haiku]

Photograph taken from a bridge over the Nam Song River in Vang Vieng, Laos.
white smoke rises downriver:
backdropped by black mountains.

Temple Bells [Haiku]

Photograph of bells at Wat Don Mueang in northern Bangkok.
countless bells
surround the temple --
each one silent.