Spiral Ginger [Haiku]

ginger blossom
 looks cleaner before
  the rain.

Big Red Bug [Haiku]

the big red bug
 attracts attention 
  it doesn’t want.

Mimicry [Haiku]

dead roots:
sinuous as a river,
luxuriant as hair.

DAILY PHOTO: Lalbagh Lake (Kanakanapalya Lake)

Taken on June 10, 2023 at Lalbagh Botanical Gardens

Bat Signal [Haiku]

dusk has come.
 bats head out to hunt.
  black against dark sky.

DAILY PHOTO: Rain Clouds Over Lake

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Safety Geese [Senryū]

foraging geese,
 with heads down, honk to 
  prevent collision.

Cold Moon [Haiku]

my breath mingles
 with a bright white moon, on a
  cold winter night.

Fluid [Free Verse]

bulging undulation 
 of water,

the rolling topsides
  of wave bumps
 catch a blazing
  white shimmer

every square meter
 is in unending flux,
  shifting & rolling,
  growing & shrinking

the wake of a ferry
 causes wave to roll
  into wave at odd angles,
  sending the ripples
  into a cross-hatched 
  madness of bobbing water

i watch for hours and the
 same sea never repeats