Bell Pavilion [Haiku]

Summer night: 
bell pavilion - silent,
but for cricket chirp.

DAILY PHOTO: Side Streets of Seoul

“Crossing 16” by Rabindranath Tagore [w/ Audio]

You came to my door in the dawn and sang; 
it angered me to be awakened from sleep,
and you went away unheeded.
You came in the noon and asked for water;
it vexed me in my work,
and you were sent away with reproaches.
You came in the evening with your flaming torches.
You seemed to me like a terror and I shut my door.
Now in the midnight I sit alone in my lampless room
and call you back whom I turned away in insult.

PROMPT: Security or Adventure

Daily writing prompt
Are you seeking security or adventure?

Not sure what to do with this one. It reads to me much as would, “Would you prefer air or water?”

Urban Oasis [Haiku]

stream cascade:
soft water burble drowns out
the city’s noise.

DAILY PHOTO: Shivajinagar

“The Lion” by Hilaire Belloc [w/ Audio]

The Lion, the Lion, he dwells in the Waste,
He has a big head and a very small waist;
But his shoulders are stark, and his jaws they are grim,
And a good little child will not play with him.

The Common Hoopoe [Lyric Poem]

Let me introduce the Common Hoopoe:
It can raise its crown when it wants to.
With me, it didn't (as you may have guessed;)
I suppose it was just unimpressed.

The Fire-Bellied Toad [Lyric Poem]

Let me give you a Fire-Bellied Toad fun fact:
They're party in the front, camo in the back.
With safety vest wrong side up on this toad,
You'll often find them squashed on a road.

DAILY PHOTO: Gwan-Eumsa of Gyeongju National Park