Go-Getter [Senryū]

when you’re the family 
go-getter, and yet you’re
a zoned-out mess.

Winter Landscape [Haiku]

winter landscape
of barren trees & dry grass
warmed by a low sun

DAILY PHOTO: Infosys Campus, Pune

Taken March 24, 2023 in Hinjawadi

DAILY PHOTO: Infinite City

Taken in Hinjawadi [North Pune] on March 24, 2023

Painted Sunup [Haiku]

i stop, mid-run,
because this sunrise
will never repeat.

WORLD POETRY DAY: “Pay w/ a Poem” @ Urban Solace Cafe

Bangalore’s Urban Solace Cafe (https://www.facebook.com/UrbanSolaceCafe) does something cool, and kind to poets, for World Poetry Day. They have a “Pay with a Poem” event allowing people to buy a cup of coffee with an original poem today. So, if you’re in the Ulsoor Lake neighborhood, show them some love. My submission is below.

FOR THE LOVE OF COFFEE

It’s said we each have one true love.
    I fear I may have two.
  Oh Coffee, dearest black coffee,
    I love your rich brown hue. 

I love your lava-like hotness, 
    and how you energize.
  Some have said you’re bad for my heart,
    but that’s a pack of lies.

I’ll consume you in the morning, 
    but cautiously at night.
  For if I take you in the eve,
    there'll be Aubades at first light.

Pink & Blue [Haiku]

pink trumpet flowers,
in dense clustered spheres,
break up spring’s blue sky

Tidal Islands [Haiku]

high tide sweeps
around the beach rocks,
and then they’re islands.

DAILY PHOTO: Chandni Chowk / Russell Market