DAILY PHOTO: Fővám Tér, Budapest

Lapping Waves [Free Verse]

Gentle waves lap ashore,
 circling into each other,
  one riding over the other.

The lower sweep becomes
 another shore for the higher.

Which side wins out changes
 from one wave to the next.

Hawks in Flight [Haiku]

three hawks fly,
 but look like one hawk
  in three time slices

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Carnaval de Goa, 2023

Crab Gravity [Haiku]

a crab on a rock -
 another above, who's to say
  who's upside-down?

Sea Watch [Free Verse]

She sat on the shore
 and watched the sea.

She watched the sea
 so intently, and for so long,
  that she could see the tides rise.

She could discern 
 that gradual shift
  from among the undulations
   & sea state changes.

But she was seeking a ship
 that would never return.

DAILY PHOTO: Portrait of a Crow

Bury the Ordinary [Free Verse]

Bury the ordinary,
 but make sure to 
  chop it out at the roots.

Nothing grows back more tenaciously
 than the commonplace or the quotidian.

Sometimes what grows 
 back from those roots 
  looks entirely different,
   but it's still mundane.

It has the same feel,
 even when it has a 
  very different look.

Kill it.
 Murder it.
  Chop it up.
    Bury it, 
     and let it die the death
       of the forgotten. 

Glowing Sands [Haiku]

the sun so bright
that not only water glows
but, also, the sand