DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Bhaktapur

Cold Moon [Haiku]

full moon
over Fishtail Mountain-
breath swirls in cold air.

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Annapurna Base Camp

Limerick of Kathmandu

A young traveler to old Kathmandu
decided to get himself a tattoo
of a phrase in Sanskrit
that he thought was legit,
but it read, "Don't lick the wild ape canoe!"

DAILY PHOTO: Kangchenjunga

Taken from Darjeeling in December of 2021

DAILY PHOTO: Seated Buddhas of Swayambhunath

Taken in May of 2018 in Kathmandu

Stone Guard [Free Verse]

arrayed in pairs,
mythical guardians
stand aside a stone staircase

the tourists seem
undissuaded by the figures -
be they freakish, grotesque,
or mean

the most dismaying of them
may be the ones with a
warm, polite 
grin...

and a lion's body

DAILY PHOTO: Rainy Day in Bhaktapur

Taken in May of 2018 in Bhaktapur (Khwopa)

After the Quake [Haiku]

post-quake scaffolds,
on the ancient temples,
teach impermanence

DAILY PHOTO: Patan Museum, Lalitpur

Taken in Patan (Lalitpur) in May of 2018