Blue, the Happy Color [Lyric Poem]

The sun is out after
days of gray,
and no fog or cloud stands
in my way

of seeing skies of blue.

Black Hole [Kyōka]

deep in the cave,
there’s a hole that knows no light;
everything
and nothing can reside
within that black hole

DAILY PHOTO: Slavín

Taken in Bratislava in October of 2022

Squishy [Free Verse]

Nothing is straightforward,
or simple.

Everything is a messy mix
of shades

blended in swirling clouds—
chaos clouds.

Those who can redraw the world
with sharp, angular boundaries
are the masters of self-deception:

for all deception is self-deception.

Evergreen [Haiku]

the evergreen’s
time to shine: when the last
leaf has fallen

DAILY PHOTO: Episcopal Summer Palace, Bratislava

Taken in October of 2022 in Bratislava