Japan Limerick

There was a rich businessman from Japan
 who'd always wanted to be his country's Batman.
  But his civil city
   was not Gotham-gritty,
 and the cape made him look like a madman.

DAILY PHOTO: Bangalore’s Brigade Rd. by Night

Moon Gazing [Haiku]

moon gazing.
 priests and prostitutes
  look to the same orb

Sundown Ship [Haiku]

as the sun sets,
a ship moves out to sea
what's ocean dark?

Shadow of Night [Haiku]

a park at night.
the shadows are darker
because of the light

DAILY PHOTO: A Castle at Night

Milky Moonlight [Haiku]

milky moonlight
paints all things pale --
all but the shadows

Abbey Moon [Haiku]

Kirkstall Abbey by Moonlight; Walter Linsley Meegan
(1899)
moonlight dances
upon the gliding waters,
before stout ruins

Lightning Strike [Haiku]

Oak Fractured by Lightning; Maxim Vorobiev (1824)
shapeless darkness
erupts in blinding form
for an instant

Night Market [Free Verse]

in the chiaroscuro world
of the night market,
fruity colors blare in
orange,
green,
& 
yellow
between angular 
shadows

the sun is down;
the city is alive,
and soon the 
night market 
will be lively