Columbus Limerick

There was an explorer named Christopher Columbus
 who entered the New World to fanfare of trumpets.
   He thought the Bahamans
   were Hindu Brahmins.
 His map wasn't so good as his compass.

PROMPT: Dinosaur

Daily writing prompt
If you could bring back one dinosaur, which one would it be?

Fred. Fred the dinosaur. He was one of those long-necked, humpy-backed, vegan models.

Foo Dog [Haiku]

guardian dogs,
sculpted or painted: how do
they fool the spirits?

DAILY PHOTO: Anjuna Hill

Boats in Motion [Haiku]

boats rise & roll
with constant motion; as
gentle waves lap ashore.

DAILY PHOTO: Van Gogh-esque Murals at Airlines, Bangalore

State Change [Haiku]

water smashes shore,
rising as foam then raining
back down as liquid.

Vowel Goof, Or: Spelling Matters [Lyric Poem]

The sign read: "Flee Market," 
    and so, of course, I fled.
 The hawkers called to me
    as I sped like hot lead. 

From what I was fleeing,
    I have no idea.
 But I found a cheap chair
    down at the IKEA.