DAILY PHOTO: Chester House, Nairobi

Taken in May of 2017 in Nairobi

DAILY PHOTO: Three Scenes from Bangkok

Taken in May of 2017 in Bangkok

DAILY PHOTO: Doodhwala Dharamshala, Bhubaneswar

Taken in December of 2021 in Old Town, Bhubaneswar

Thin Cities [Free Verse]

There are cities where
the veneer of normality 
is so thin

that it feels as though
one could fall through
at any time,
plummeting
into the true city.

Varanasi,
New Orleans,
Tokyo after midnight, 
parts of Prague & Bangkok

I can't say what's beneath
the veneer,
but, oh, does part of me
 want to know!

These are places 
better visited than lived in,
for their magic cannot 
survive extended proximity.

DAILY PHOTO: Kurseong

Taken in January of 2022 in Kurseong

Unclocked Hours [Free Verse]

Stepping out onto a city street
in the cool, unclocked hours
of the morning.

One looks about,
but not as one does in daylight --
i.e. in response to sound.

Instead, one looks about
in response to the lack of sound.

A clawing sound 
from a burrowing rat
isn't worth one's attention.

It's the silence 
that calls upon the mind
as to a sailor on shore leave.

DAILY PHOTO: One Atlantic Center, Midtown Atlanta

Taken in November of 2021 in Atlanta

DAILY PHOTO: Autumn Morning Skyline, Midtown Atlanta

Taken from Georgia Tech in November of 2021

DAILY PHOTO: Atlanta Downtown

Taken on November 16, 2021 in Atlanta