Dripping Blossom [Haiku]

Photograph of a pink and orange flower taken in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India.
droplets drip 
from the bottom petal,
after the rain.

Depth Deception [Senryū]

Photograph of reeds and water plants taken in Vientiane, Laos.
reeds & water plants
look like you could walk among them.
you could -- waist deep.

Monsoon Green [Haiku]

Photograph taken atop Kaurava Kunda near Chikkaballapur, Karnataka, India.
what passed for desert
before monsoon is now
green and waterlogged.

Stony Ground [Haiku]

hot patch of granite:
from any crack or cranny
something learns to grow.

DAILY PHOTO: Purple & Yellow

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Photograph of a purple petaled flower taken in the Singapore Changi Airport.

The Fig Treatment [Free Verse]

Photograph of a Buddha head carving enveloped by Strangler Fig at Wat Mahathat in Ayutthaya, Thailand.
On a scale from
"this is cozy"
to
"my skull is cracking,"
I wonder how the fig tree
at Wat Mahathat treats
the Buddha's head?

Prickly Pear [Haiku]

prickly pears bloom: 
yellow offering bowls —
bees give & take.

DAILY PHOTO: A Temple in Chiang Mai

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Photograph of a Buddhist Temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

DAILY PHOTO: The Colorful Shrine of Great Compassion

Photograph taken outside the Great Compassion Shrine of Fo Guang Shan outside of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Photograph taken outside the Great Compassion Shrine of Fo Guang Shan outside of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, featuring  Bougainvillea.
Photograph taken outside the Great Compassion Shrine of Fo Guang Shan outside of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

The Long & the Short [Haiku]

Photograph of stone carved figurines at the temple on Kaurava Kunda in Chikballapur, Karnataka, India.
temple wall
overgrown with weeds;
idols kept pristine.