Honey Bee [Haiku]

honey bee at work
 on flowers still dripping 
   from Spring showers.

DAILY PHOTO: Entering Sri Bhoganandishwara Temple, Nandi Hills

Beach Sleep [Sonnet]

The evening winds are blowing out to sea,
     and carry away all the woes of day.
 You see the sway up in the waving trees
      that give a sendoff to what's blown away.

The sea grows dark, and darkness envelops.
     And sandy scents and fishy scents blossom.
 And sounds of crashing waves seem to swell up,
      as vision decides it will play possum.

Then stars - in veins - do shimmer between clouds,
     the clouds one cannot see but can induce.
 Now free from both the light and noise of crowds,
      and all the human chaos and abuse.

Midst drifting shapes my mind is lulled to peace,
 then all that is - both sea and wind - does cease...

PROMPT: Teachers

What makes a teacher great?

If a student (or students) voluntarily and enthusiastically come to learn from an individual, that individual is a great teacher.

The emphasis is on “to learn” because some people confuse great charisma with great pedagogy, but such people go to the charismatic person to take comfort from being in that person’s presence, not to learn — despite whatever truisms or clever-sounding parallel grammatical structures the charismatic individual might spout.

So, if one would go to an individual seeking knowledge, knowing the experience will be challenging and not merely comforting, one has found a great teacher.

Pale Blue [Haiku]

in the valley,
 among fields of brown & green:
  a pale blue village.

DAILY PHOTO: Tipu Sultan’s Lodge at Nandi Hills

Snail Wu Wei [Haiku]

a snail dangles,
 on a leaf, in its house,
   effortlessly.

PROMPT: Surgery

Daily writing prompt
Have you ever had surgery? What for?

Tonsillectomy; age 4. A couple others that I’m not sure constitute surgery (e.g. wisdom-teeth removal.)

Wasps [Haiku]

a hive of wasps,
each one frenetic:
do they never rest?