Bold Butterflies [Haiku]

two butterflies
stand their ground on the path,
despite footfall quakes

Red Bug Orgy [Haiku]

two red bugs mate
on one side of a tree;
on the other: orgy

DAILY PHOTO: Makalidurga Cliffside

Taken on December 3, 2022 in Karnataka, India

Frangipani Scribbles [Haiku]

bare frangipani
scribbles shadow art
on blank temple walls

Wasp & Ant [Haiku]

a wasp & an ant
converge on a cloying plant
blithe on each other

DAILY PHOTO: Makalidurga

Taken on December 3, 2022 at Makalidurga

Feathertop [Haiku]

the Feathertop sways,
as the river beside it glides
inexorably

DAILY PHOTO: Saint George Serbian Orthodox Church, Budapest

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Rage Monster [Common Meter]

There is an angry beast inside
who shakes at me sometimes.
It gives me mean and violent thoughts.
It draws no moral lines.

It'd kill them all in vicious ways
without heartfelt remorse.
This fever of being must be,
until it's run its course.

Then I can be civil again,
and my blood can cool.
And I can play my normal role:
-n- be done playing the fool.

I’ve Never Been Lost in the Woods [Sonnet]

I've never been lost in the woods,
though I've been lost so many times.
I've been lost in my neighborhood,
and I've been lost within my mind. 

You say the trees look all the same.
I say that's some speciesist shit.
No. I don't know the trees by name,
but that doesn't matter a whit.

I've never been lost in the woods:
lost means wishing to be elsewhere.
Lost is all about "woulds" and "coulds."
But I'm not lost if I don't care:

don't care I don't know this exact spot,
'cause I know precisely where I'm not!