DAILY PHOTO: Streets of Madurai

Taken in December of 2020 in Madurai

Bright City [Haiku]

neon signs fire, pulse, 
and send shimmers of light
between the black spaces

Flowering Mind [Haiku]

the city din drones:
horns, jackhammers, and shouts;
listen to the flowers

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Mumbai

Taken in July of 2017 in Mumbai; Asiatic Society
Gateway of India
Skyline from Haji Ali Dargah

DAILY PHOTO: Rainy Day in Bhaktapur

Taken in May of 2018 in Bhaktapur (Khwopa)

Urban Garden [Haiku]

the city's curated 
garden is both more & 
less than wildflowers 

DAILY PHOTO: Chicago

Taken on August of 2018

DAILY PHOTO: KL from the Klang River

Taken in December of 2013 in Kuala Lumpur

Many Worlds [Free Verse]

Fictional cities pile upon each other,

spreading like blood puddles 
until they spill into yet others
at their amorphous edges.

And distinction is lost --
homogeneity wins --

but that lysergic sadness remains.