Stony Ground [Haiku]

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

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?

DAILY PHOTO: Views of the National Museum of Qatar

Photograph in the courtyard of the National Museum of Qatar in Doha.
Photograph of the National Museum of Qatar with palm tree -- taken in Doha.
Photograph of the National Museum of Qatar taken from an elevated view in Sheikh Abdulla bin Jassim Al-Thani Palace.
Photograph of the National Museum of Qatar flagpole.

Monster Toes [Free Verse]

Photograph of a thorny tree taken in the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore.
tree trunk studded by thorns
that look like
mean monster toenails
with gnarly green cuticles,

even tree-huggers stay at
arm’s length.

DAILY PHOTO: A Temple in Chiang Mai

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Photograph of a Buddhist Temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Winter View [Senryū]

Photograph of a family of macaques on a wall at Gudibande Fort in Karnataka, India.
with trees bare, one sees
what Spring won't reveal:
monkeys don't care.

Spring [Haiku]

Nature writes “Spring”
in colorful blooms, even
over rough bark.

Red Maple [Tanka]

early Spring seed pods
of Red Maple hold tight
- patiently —
til one day in late Spring:
they’ll drop, spin, and fly.

Fogless Fog [Haiku]

white blossoms 
seen through still bare trees:
looks like fog, sans fog.

Winter Springs [Haiku]

Photograph of the Beitou hot springs outside of Taipei.
an eerie fog
weaves through the trees:
Winter hot springs.