Skeleton Trees [Haiku]

twisted skeletons 
of once thriving trees stand
in the temple yard

DAILY PHOTO: Uluwatu Coastline

Cliff [Haiku]

waves crash 
against the cliff base,
& are turned back

DAILY PHOTO: Balinese Hindu Temples, South Bali

Taken in southern Bali on December 19, 2022

Light of the Setting Sun [Haiku]

flowers glow brightly 
in the sunset’s low light,
and then go dark

DAILY PHOTO: Cloud Mottled Sky at Sunset, Bali

Taken on December 18, 2022 on Bali’s southern coast

DAILY PHOTO: Balinese Art

Taken on December 18, 2022 at the Denpasar Airport

Fig in the Wall [Lyric Poem]

It doesn't need wide open spaces.
It doesn't need direct sunlight.
No bark-wide chasm through the tombstone --
Gardner, leave that tree alone.

Hey, Gardner, leave that tree alone!
All in all, it's just another fig in the wall.
All in all, we're just a bunch of figs in the wall. 

DAILY PHOTO: Scene from the Tram Tracks, Budapest

Taken on Margit körút in November of 2022. St. Stephen’s Parish Church [not to be confused with St. Stephen’s Basilica] is the building that dominates.