DAILY PHOTO: Nam Song Blue Bridge

Late Autumn [Haiku]

late Autumn: 
the last few leaves
refuse to fall.

DAILY PHOTO: Yggdrasil

“Bantams in Pine-Woods” by Wallace Stevens [w/ Audio]

Chieftain Iffucan of Azcan in caftan
Of tan with henna hackles, halt!

Damned universal cock, as if the sun
Was blackamoor to bear your blazing tail.

Fat! Fat! Fat! Fat! I am the personal.
Your world is you. I am my world.

You ten-foot poet among inchlings. Fat!
Begone! An inchling bristles in these pines,

Bristles, and points their Appalachian tangs,
And fears not portly Azcan nor his hoos.

Too Close for Comfort? [Haiku]

baboon onshore
grooms infant as hippo
glides past in water.

DAILY PHOTO: Blue & Gold Temple in Bangalore

DAILY PHOTO: Lalbagh Flower Show, 2025

DAILY PHOTO: Mural in Bangalore

PROMPT: Change

Daily writing prompt
What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world?

If I can spark the occasional smile of amusement or trigger a line of thought once in a while, that’s enough. In the long run, it’s all dust. (That latter commentary was more on the thought-provoking than the amusing side of the equation.)

Cold Spring [Haiku]

cold Spring day:
feels too chilly
to be so green.