Good Light [Haiku]

low afternoon sun
 makes the old mountains
  look crisply creased.

Cockeyed [Haiku]

the cockeyed blossom
 has a winning charm
  that makes me look twice.

Lotus Patch [Haiku]

a lotus patch
at the lake’s far end,
sneaking required.

Pond Plonk [Haiku]

plonk! - in the pond,
 the ripples awaken 
  something in my mind.

DAILY PHOTO: Kashmir

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Wasp Moves [Haiku]

the wasp is still;
 the wasp jinks erratically.
  pilgrims break sanctity.  

Bougainvillea Bright [Haiku]

from the dark, cool room,
 the sunlit bougainvillea
  burns shapes in my sight

Seasons [Free Verse]

I

I remember Spring:
   tight and tender buds,
   soon to blossom

clouds -- low & swollen, 
   & rain scent in the air
II

I remember Summers:
   the season of freedom...

and mosquitoes,
   but, also, fireflies

exploration &
   calamine lotion
III

I remember the Fall:
   harvest time

Grain chaff in the air
   axle grease on the wind

Canadian geese
   Honk-Honk-Honk-ing
   in wedge formation
IV

I remember winters:
   snow days

snow drifts

the feel of the first morning
    of the season in which
    one woke up to a blanketing snow,
    having gone to bed with 
    pathetic matted grass

DAILY PHOTO: Marunji Hills, Hinjawadi