MONGOLIA LIMERICK

There was a young monk from Mongolia
Who loved Buddhism’s peace, but was only a
little bit dismayed
to long for the days –
When Mongols ruled from Okhotsk to Anatolia.

UNITED STATES LIMERICK

There was a philosopher from the USA
Who was always charging into the fray.
He’d take either side --
Go deep or go wide --
So long as said fray didn’t come to gunplay.

ARMENIA LIMERICK

There was an artist from Armenia
Who worked in many a media.
Work iconoclastic…
Or pornographic;
Often it started straitlaced but got seedy-ya.

PROMPT: Favorite Artists

Daily writing prompt
Who are your favorite artists?

Those who cross boundaries. William Blake with painting and poetry. Yue Fei with martial and poetic arts. Rabindranath Tagore with music and poetry. Da Vinci with painting and sculpture. Weird Al with accordion music and comedy.

Pond Level: Summer [Haiku]

ring of sand
around the pond:
cooked down by Summer.

Calabash Time [Kyōka]

bowl in the right
calabash in the left:
drunkard empties
& then fills his cup --
amid missing time.

Taillight Kitty [Haiku]

two little kittens
crawl the undercarriage
of a dump-truck.

Dog-Rose [Haiku]

lone Dog-rose bloom
sways in a Spring breeze,
lulling into trance.

GEORGIA LIMERICK

There was a famed Georgian vintner
who thought about wines all winter –
as he thought, he drank,
and -- let us be frank –
he became less vintner than drinker.

Doghead Cloud [Haiku]

Taken on the road between Cao Bang and the Pác Bó loop in Northern Vietnam.
doghead cloud
pops up over the hill;
as bike speeds along.