DAILY PHOTO: Green Hill Under Monsoon Skies

Taken in October of 2020 at Devaramane Betta

Ganesha [Free Verse]

Ganesha:
Obstacles removed
&
Good luck brought

All yields to the
elephantine forehead
&
elephantine learning

Seemingly immovable
when seated,
but I've seen you swing;
hoisted by a crane
& 
dangled out over the water

But the pendulum arc was 
short 
&
stiff
&
precarious:
as if it might flip the crane --

every remover of obstacles 
must leave a detritus of
past obstacles in its wake

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Golconda Fort

Taken in August of 2022 at Golconda Fort

DAILY PHOTO: Modhera Sun Temple

Taken in September of 2017 at Modhera

Bangalore Mailman Limerick

There once was a Bangalorean mailman
who always had a monsoon season plan.
For heavy rain: a coat;
heavier still: a boat.
And if all else fails, move to Rajasthan.

DAILY PHOTO: Karnataka Military Facility Goes Green

Taken at Mirjan Fort in August of 2020

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from the Hawa Mahal

Taken in March of 2020 in Jaipur

Stepwell Trippin’ [Limerick]

In Jaipur, there was an old stepwell.
On the knees, it played all sorts of hell.
Its look was quite scenic,
but made phobics anemic.
One misstep and say, "Fare-thee-well!"

DAILY PHOTO: Indian Weapon Display

Taken in September of 2017 at the Government Museum of Bangalore

DAILY PHOTO: The Golden Temple [Harimandir Sahib]

Taken in Amritsar in April of 2016