Wasps [Haiku]

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

DAILY PHOTO: Nandibettu

Taken on July 1, 2023 at Nandi Hills

PROMPT: Daily Habits

Daily writing prompt
What are your daily habits?

The only optional activities I do every day are: reading, writing poetry, overhead hanging, and handstanding.

[Obviously, there are non-optional transport, hygienic, homeostatic, and metabolic maintenance activities: e.g. the breathing, peeing, pooping, walking, eating, toothbrushing, washing, etc.]

Laurel Clockvine [Haiku]

sunlight glows
 from the trumpet-hole
  of laurel clockvine.

Snail & Centipede [Haiku]

in the contours
 of a stone-relief Ganesh:
  snail & centipedes.

PROMPT: Sustainable Lifestyle

Daily writing prompt
Are there things you try to practice daily to live a more sustainable lifestyle?

I don’t use powered transport for travel under 2 or 3 miles (i.e. 4km) [unless dictates require I not show up as a sweaty mess.] I do all my usual errands (e.g. grocer, barber, etc.) on foot. I’m assuming the “sustainable” is being used in the environmental sense.

DAILY PHOTO: Bhoganandishwara Temple, Nandi Hills

Painted Stork [Haiku]

a gangly stork
moves swift as a dart
through the sky.

Orange & Yellow [Haiku]

blossoms
in orange & yellow
compete for attention

PROMPT: Delicious

Daily writing prompt
What’s the most delicious thing you’ve ever eaten?

I couldn’t possibly say, I’ve had so many great foods from all over the world, and my palate is not so refined as to tell great from “the best in the world.” (And I kind of doubt anyone else’s is either.) That said NIC’s “Madagascar Chocolate” ice cream is far-and-away the best chocolate ice cream I’ve ever had, and I would further say possibly the best ice cream and one of the best desserts I’ve ever had.