the boat sits as if the scene were painted in shades of blue
Blue [Haiku]
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Category Archives: Color
Burning Bush [Tanka]
amid buff sands - bare and blistering - stands a shrub, the carroty coned ephedra bush
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Chiaroscuro Green [Free Verse]
densely packed stands of pine, the dark green insinuating black shadow set against the verdant grassy meadows and shaggy scrubland it makes the mountain look angular, with sharp edges pounded into shape the pine-writ shadows steal depth, suggesting absence, creating the impression of emptiness, a false void... or so it seems
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Still Autumn [Haiku]
the river dawdles; the colorful leaves stick firm & still
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Jaipur Limerick
There was an old painter from Jaipur who painted ceilings, floors, walls, and doors. 'Til his boss raised a stink, and said, "Paint it all pink!" "I've not enough pink cans for that chore."
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DAILY PHOTO: The Colorful Basava Dharma Peetha
Taken on November 29, 2020 near Kudalasangama.
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POEM: Temple Red
The walls were painted temple red.
This dream was just that kind of dream.
I saw no feeders nor the fed,
but my deep mind followed that stream
of color from décor to blood.
And seeing it not sacredly
saw red waters rising to flood
and paint the walls a shade deadly.
