Dive-Bombed [Haiku]

a walk in the park.
eyes glued to the rising sun,
a crow dive-bombs me.

Note to Self: A Sonnet

Don't fill your vaults with glowing, shiny stones.
It's invitation to all cheats and thieves. 
Don't know by mind what you don't know by bone.
Make sure you've lost before you up and grieve.

Then when you grieve, take time to fully feel.
Don't let your mind write stories so untrue
that they turn melancholy like a wheel
that gathers and grows with each turn anew. 

Be kind and true, but not so kind and true
so as to kill with gifts or a mean tongue.
Don't do what would be best that you not do,
and only sing of those heroes unsung.

Oh, every piece of wisdom has its day,
so don't hitch so tight that you're led astray.

Tall Grass [Haiku]

sound in tall grass:
it’s probably nothing.
yet, primal fear shot

Rose Garden [Haiku]

rose garden.
 last time, decapitated;
  now, in full bloom 

Kerplunk! [Haiku]

a creature unknown
 splashes in the lotus pond —
  kerplunk! kerplunk!

DAILY PHOTO: Gundamagere Lake Panorama

Taken in November of 2023 on Makalidurga Trail

Glowing Heart [Haiku]

the sun rises
 behind a bare rain tree,
  a glowing heart

DAILY PHOTO: Overlooking the Canopy, Uluwatu

Sunflower [Haiku]

infinite shades
of yellow-orange
in each petal

Rice Field [Haiku]

young rice in mud
awaits paddy flooding rains;
i seek shelter