Forbidden [Free Verse]

A photograph taken inside Beijing's Forbidden City in the Summer of 2008.
One afternoon, in the
Forbidden City,
People roam about --
Sightseeing.

The very next morning,
A single line of tracks
Through freshly fallen snow
Cuts across the very
Same yard.

DAILY PHOTO: Drum Tower [鼓楼] of Beijing

DAILY PHOTO: Beijing West Rail Station on a Rainy Day

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DAILY PHOTO: Religious Buildings in Beijing

St. Joseph’s Church on Wanfujing Street (a.k.a. Wanfujing Church / Dongtang); Roman Catholic

Lama Temple (a.k.a. Yonghe Temple); Tibetan Buddhist (i.e. Vajrayana Buddhist)

Beijing Temple of Confucius; Confucian

Beijing Limerick

There was a bureaucrat from old Beijing
who claimed that COVID was in a downswing,
"It must be, you see,
for it cannot be
the rules changed cause of shouts of "Can Xi Jinping!"

DAILY PHOTO: Inanimate Camel Art

Taken on the Sacred Way [Beijing Ming Tombs] in the summer of 2008
Taken in Dubai in 2017
Taken in Amritsar in April of 2016

DAILY PHOTO: Tree in the Temple of Confucius, Beijing

Taken in the Beijing Temple of Confucius in the summer of 2008

Beijing Limerick

A man named Shen Wang from Beijing,
his cellphone would constantly ring -
always a wrong number,
but that was no wonder,
there're two million Wangs in Beijing.

DAILY PHOTO: Beijing Bell Tower

Taken in the Summer of 2008 in Beijing