The Fig Treatment [Free Verse]

Photograph of a Buddha head carving enveloped by Strangler Fig at Wat Mahathat in Ayutthaya, Thailand.
On a scale from
"this is cozy"
to
"my skull is cracking,"
I wonder how the fig tree
at Wat Mahathat treats
the Buddha's head?

Ominous [Common Meter]

An ornate door seen in Armenia. It's wood surface carved into winding patterns that form a cross and snake-like patterns.
What lives behind that ornate door
that's carved of snakes and vines?
I see them writhe and feel a shift
in its symbols and signs.

Lifelike? [Senryū]

lifelike bird sculpture
doesn’t fool the insect
that lands on its beak.

DAILY PHOTO: Carvings at Rani Ki Vav

Taken in September of 2017 at Patan, Gujarat





pillar ornamentation





dancer

DAILY PHOTO: Halebidu Temple Carving

Taken in November of 2013 in Halebidu

DAILY PHOTO: Finnish Totem

Taken in the Summer of 2011 in Helsinki

Taken in the Summer of 2011 in Helsinki