Miracle [Limerick]

Photograph of a stained glass window taken in a church in Prague, Czech Republic.
A sinner sat himself down in a pew --
A first-timer, he didn't know what to do.
Then -- blinded by light!
Dazzling color, so bright!
(Miracle repeats daily 'bout half past two.)

Locomotive [Limerick]

Photograph of a steam engine locomotive taken in Tallinn, Estonia.
The man loved travel by locomotive.
It was all of the time in the throat of
tunnels, so dark and deep --
one couldn't see a peep.
He had night vision goggles... and motive.

Grazing Deer [Senryū]

grazing deer
pays hikers no heed:
too noisy for threat.

Moose Limerick

A tour bus sticker of mating moose
led a tourist to say, "What the deuce?"
"I just cannot deal
with a tour bestial,
and the memories that it might induce."

Frankfurt Limerick

Photograph of Old St. Nicholas Church in Frankfurt am Main's town square at dusk.
A streetwalker from Old Town Frankfurt
had a proclivity for getting hurt.
'Twasn't violent clientele.
She tripped and she fell
where heel met cobble met tight skirt.

Drunkard’s Cask [Limerick]

A drunkard put a cask atop his car
so he wouldn't always have to find a bar.
Under that kind of weight --
The car's range: km - 8,
But his own range per liter wasn't that far.

Snail [Limerick]

Photograph of a large snail shell taken near Simontornya, Hungary.
The snail's friends and family were critics,
claiming -- despite being hermaphroditic:
so, with two ways to coit --
neither did it exploit,
but read books in its shell, strange & cryptic.

Winter Sunlight [Tanka]

Photograph of the Pest side of Budapest taken from Gellért Hill.
low winter sun
shines upon the city
while residents
walk shadow-dimmed streets
and fluffy clouds grow angry.

Crow Mind [Kyōka]

Photograph of a crow atop an outdoor lighting fixture at Tokyo's Imperial Palace.
crow on lamppost 
contemplates a CAW!
but is silenced
by a morsel clamped
in its beak.

Little Blue [Haiku]

Photograph of a blue Chicory flower, taken near Kolsay Lake in Kazakhstan.
from a gliding boat,
a little blue flower spied
as all else blurs.