Gods & Monsters [Free Verse]

Photograph of an ornately carved stone block on Doddagaddavalli Lakshmi Devi Temple in Karnataka, India.
the lion wind blows.

all about is rippling chaos,
but for the goddess
who dances in the
furious center,
pausing on one foot
as the dust swirls
in angry spasms.

PROMPT: Favorite Time

Daily writing prompt
What’s your favorite time of day?

When all is quiet and harmonious, and one anticipates good things are to come.

Ducks Adrift [Haiku]

a pond in summer:
ducks look like wooden toys,
drifting leisurely.

Drift & Dart [Haiku]

the fish drifts - barely:
 then, with a snap of its tail,
  it darts to the depths.