Raging Elephant [Haiku]

the elephant
they said was on a rampage
just had a bad toothache

Spotted Deer [Haibun]

Spotted deer framed in a glade, the warm morning light showing each coat to be a distinct shade of tawny brown. Two deep brown eyes - glassy but lively - keep watch, while the herd hangs heads low, grazing lazily on the overgrown greenery. The deer mill about so languidly that one could count each one's spots.

spotted deer,
grazing in a glade,
one stands sentry

DAILY PHOTO: Alien Views of a Crab

Taken at Naiharn in 2014

DAILY PHOTO: Kingfishers, Backwaters of Kerala

Taken in the Keralan Backwaters near Alappuzha in July of 2014

POEM: Don’t Tease the Monkeys

Hey, naked baby macaque,
who stole the hair off of your back,
but left you that blocky hairdo?
Perhaps, you didn't think your look through?

DAILY PHOTO: Pigeon Power!

Taken in the summer of 2018 in Kathmandu (Durbar Square area)

POEM: Inconspicuous Zebra

I am a master of camouflage.
Blink and I’ll have vanished.
My stripy suit may make you think
that I have been banished
from the savanna to some jail,
but I’m still standing here.
Can you see me blending so well?
“Poof,” and I disappear.

DAILY PHOTO: Tarsier Naptime

DAILY PHOTO: Hello, Buffalo of Khajuraho

Taken in Khajuraho in October of 2015