I
crossing the street
in Bangalore traffic —
never more alive
II
even in wee hours,
if I hear only silence,
I know I’m asleep
III
random backstreet:
yet, more color than a
carnival midway
A Few Indian City Senryū
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Monthly Archives: December 2020
DAILY PHOTO: Dairy Stand in Madurai
Taken in Madurai in December of 2020.
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POEM: Parallax [a Rubāʿī]
The grass is growing through the cracks,
but each man’s view is parallax.
So, while it seems ill-kempt to one,
others are charmed by the same facts.
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DAILY PHOTO: Agni Teertham, Rameshwaram
Taken in December of 2020 at Rameshwaram.
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POEM: Infinite Ships
The voyage, now, is at an end.
The anchors have been cast.
The fleet bobs silently offshore,
looking boundlessly vast.
For fog has settled on the bay
and ship shapes fade to gray.
They count themselves infinite ships
while bounded by that bay.
The sea deceives, that much is true;
the rest we’ve yet to know.
Some will swear that trawlers sit there
that were lost long ago.
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DAILY PHOTO: Mahatma Gandhi Memorial, Kanyakumari
Taken on December 17, 2020 in Kanyakumari
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Netherlands Limerick
There was a sweet girl from the Netherlands who worried the hard rains might never end. When the streets became moats, she traded bike for boat, and rowed fast that girl of the Netherlands.
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Rewilding Haiku
under jungle
creepers, trees, and moss
lost cities wait
one clean edge
of rough chiseled stone
peeks from mound
when we’re gone
something will remain
of us, and not…
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DAILY PHOTO: Vandiyur Mariamman Teppakulam
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DAILY PHOTO: Fishing Fleet, Pamban Island
Taken at Rameshwarm on Pamban Island on December 21, 2020
Tiger Riding for Beginners 