Red Blossoms [Haiku]

red blossoms
in the understory,
briefly catch the sun.

Hawk Bank [Haiku]

the hawk swoops & banks;
i feel its flapping wings
as it passes.

DAILY PHOTO: Baby Sculptures

Taken at the 2023 Republic Day Flower Show in Lalbagh Botanical Gardens, Bangalore.

Winged Deception [Haiku]

the butterfly
that i’d thought dead
just fluttered off.

Duty-Free Limerick

There once was a lazy sales clerk 
 who didn’t want clients to think her a jerk.
  The solution, you see, 
  was the airport duty-free,
 where there’d be no obligation to work.
 [And the salary would be a nice perq.]

PROMPT: Fruits

List your top 5 favorite fruits.

5.) Rambutan

4.) Blueberry

3.) Honeydew Melon

2.) Yelakki Banana

1.) Mango

Yellow [Haiku]

springtime.
yellow blossoms
refuse to fall.

Christmas Cat [Haiku]

sitting on a wall,
 beside the potted poinsettias,
  a cat grooms itself. 

Platform Living [Haiku]

a family lies
on cardboard mattresses
to keep bone from stone.