Bird on a Wire [Haiku]

Photograph taken in Lucknow, India.
a bird alights
onto a windswept wire;
then seems to doze.

DAILY PHOTO: Atop a Karst Formation in Laos

Photograph taken atop Phapoak Mountain, near Vang Vieng in Laos.
Photograph taken atop Phapoak Mountain, near Vang Vieng, Laos.

PROMPT: Favorite People

Daily writing prompt
Who are your favorite people to be around?

Those who don’t take many things seriously, themselves least of all.

Smoke Rise [Haiku]

Photograph taken from a bridge over the Nam Song River in Vang Vieng, Laos.
white smoke rises downriver:
backdropped by black mountains.

Temple Bells [Haiku]

Photograph of bells at Wat Don Mueang in northern Bangkok.
countless bells
surround the temple --
each one silent.

DAILY PHOTO: Gold & Blue [Wat Naxao Sukharam]

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A photograph of golden stupa and drum tower at Wat Naxao Sukharam in Naxao, Laos under vivid blue skies.

Enter the Haze [Haiku]

Photograph taken near Luang Namtha, in Laos near the China border.
village breathes fresh air:
the last before stalks are burned /
the valley goes gray.

PROMPT: Shoes

Daily writing prompt
Tell us about your favorite pair of shoes, and where they’ve taken you.

I don’t get attached. They’ll always let you down in the end. I took them to the Andes, the Himalaya — places most people only dream of going — but, ultimately, they just fell apart on me when I needed them most.

Nature Overwrites Culture [Haiku]

Photograph taken in Agartala at Gedu Mia's Mosque.
saplings sprout
from the ornate trim
of a once-grand mosque.

Stoic Tears [Haiku]

Photograph taken atop Kaurava Kunda  Hill in Karnataka, India.
buffeted by wind --
hunched & leaning windward,
stoic tears roll.