DAILY PHOTO: Jal Mahal, Jaipur

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Columbus Limerick

There was an explorer named Christopher Columbus
 who entered the New World to fanfare of trumpets.
   He thought the Bahamans
   were Hindu Brahmins.
 His map wasn't so good as his compass.

PROMPT: Dinosaur

Daily writing prompt
If you could bring back one dinosaur, which one would it be?

Fred. Fred the dinosaur. He was one of those long-necked, humpy-backed, vegan models.

Into the Woods [Haiku]

how short a walk,
 back turned to the city,
  to be free.

DAILY PHOTO: Dark Day Fortifications

Rickety Gibberish [Free Verse]

A long time ago,
 I listened to the audiobook of
    Kerouac's "On the Road."

In that format, 
   I became aware of how often
     Kerouac used the word
       "rickety." 

Almost as aware as I became
   of how often Twain uses
      the N-word in Huck Finn
      when I unwisely listened to 
      that audiobook while driving
      through downtown Atlanta
      with my windows rolled down. 

I'm now reading Hunter Thompson's
   "Kingdom of Fear," and I've become
      aware that Thompson had a love
      of the word "gibberish" almost on par
      with Kerouac's love of "rickety."

And I think about how much beautiful
   rickety gibberish I've read from those
      authors, and what a fine 
      thing it is if one can write 
      rickety gibberish that stands up 
      under its own weight. 

PROMPT: Plane Tickets

Daily writing prompt
If you won two free plane tickets, where would you go?

I’m going to say Argentina, based on it being an expensive air ticket (from India,) but an inexpensive (and beautiful) place to stay. Might as well get max bang for buck.

Foo Dog [Haiku]

guardian dogs,
sculpted or painted: how do
they fool the spirits?