DAILY PHOTO: Hat Noparat Thara

Photograph of Noparat Thara Beach and the rocky islands nearby taken at Ao Nang, Thailand.
Photograph of Ao Nang Beach and the rocky promontory at Hat Noparat Thara.
Photograph of Ao Nang Beach and the rocky islands off Hat Noparat Thara.

PROMPT: Change the Ending

Daily writing prompt
If you could change the ending of any book, which one would it be?

Titus Andronicus. A bit over-the-top with the familial cannibalism and all. Just sayin’.

Agent of Entropy [Senryū]

Photograph of cairns along the trail of the Taroko Gorge hike in Taiwan.
stone stacks line the trail:
a thousand hikers suppress
the urge to kick.

Silent City [Haiku]

Photograph taken from a bridge over the Tamsui River in Taipei, Taiwan on a rainy day.
from mid-bridge, 
above the sprawling river:
the city, silent.

DAILY PHOTO: Courtyard at Beomeosa

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Photograph taken in the temple complex of Beomeosa outside of Busan, South Korea.

PROMPT: Languages

Daily writing prompt
Which languages do you speak and how did that impact your life?

Fluently: English; With a substantial grasp of vocabulary and grammar: Chinese; Only polite words and basic phrases: Spanish, Hungarian, Thai, Japanese, and maybe still some Russian (which I took in Grad School — the worst possible language learning environment.)

Starting to read Chinese has been thrilling. It has opened a whole new world, and the nature of the language is so different that definitely rewires the brain a bit.

Red [Haiku]

its red cap
gives the mushroom away,
hiding in leaf litter.

Trail & Creek [Haiku]

the trail is straight;
the creek meanders —
trail feet — creek mind.

Icarus Tree [Senryū]

a dead tree
stands above the living;
it didn’t pace itself.

DAILY PHOTO: Yanghwadang, Chunggyeonggung Palace

Photograph of the Yanghwadang taken at Changgyeonggung Palace in Seoul, South Korea.
Photograph of the Yanghwadang taken at Changgyeonggung Palace in Seoul, South Korea.
Photograph of the Yanghwadang taken at Changgyeonggung Palace in Seoul, South Korea.