Lean Street Kitty [Haiku]

Photograph of a street kitten on the Sri Someshwara Swami Temple of Halasuru, Bangalore, India.
lean street kitten:
face much older than its
scrawny body.

DAILY PHOTO: Scene from Bateshwar Temple Group of Morena

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Photograph of a couple of shrines in the Bateshwar Temple Group of Morena, north of Gwalior, India.

Migratory Highway [Haiku]

wild geese forage
beside the highway:
fueling for journey.

First Blossom [Haiku]

petal flutters down
from clustered Cherry Blossoms;
is it the first?

PROMPT: Technology

Daily writing prompt
How has technology changed your job?

Like everyone who has taken to using AI, I’m training my replacement. So, that’s always an awkward time.

Winter View [Senryū]

Photograph of a family of macaques on a wall at Gudibande Fort in Karnataka, India.
with trees bare, one sees
what Spring won't reveal:
monkeys don't care.

DAILY PHOTO: Holy Lords Transfiguration Convent, Tbilisi

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Photograph of a chapel at the Holy Lords Transfiguration Convent in Tbilisi, Georgia --  Queen Darejani Palace.

Lying in Wildflowers [Haiku]

Photograph taken near the Tabor Monastery of the Transfiguration in Tbilisi, Georgia.
lying down 
amid wildflowers:
city disappears.

PROMPT: Goals

Daily writing prompt
How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals?

In playing football, I find telling linebackers “no” is not beneficial. Words are strange things, at once infinitely powerful or powerless, depending upon context and will.