Lanterns [Kyōka]

rows of lanterns —
a jack-o-lantern patch —
lights the temple
on a dark, rainy night;
rain splats on a tin roof.

Nine Dragon Wall [Free Verse]

If you stare at
stone dragons
long enough
their stone-chiseled
forms will start
to glide
in tracked loops.
A steady motion of the
sinuous segments
unbroken by cloud.
They move slowly
and steadily --
never breaking off
into a new course.
Some figure-eight,
Some circle,
but never do they
come off the wall.
Their movements never
menace.

DAILY PHOTO: Bukit Cina [Chinese Hill — 三宝山]

World War II Resistance Memorial
One (communal) grave/memorial is at the highest point of the hill.
Poh San Teng Temple [a.k.a. Bǎo Shān Tíng]

DAILY PHOTO: Cheng Hoon Teng Temple

Vanishing Tracks [Tanka]

incense tracks
meander skyward --
 erratically;
as they rise, they diffuse
to become nothingness.

Fierce Creatures [Haiku]

city, nightfall:
the temple’s fierce creatures
turn nightmare shapes.

DAILY PHOTO: Colorful Dragon Head in Profile

Taken in December of 2013 in Kuala Lumpur.