walking the dog
early in the morning
getting over jetlag

distant magpie
cries softly
this beautiful fall day

pistachio green
and stone washed orange
they do the haiku stroll

stare into abyss
at the exclamation point
my legs feel very weak

goddess of mercy
or a bodisatwa
both sit at peace

orange glow of sky
behind the cloud covered peaks
the requiem painting

peeling oranges
on the bus back to quito
fesh phenol washed

patches of yellow
on Andean countryside
– harvesting season

the verdant colors
of ‘vegetacion magica’
screams from the wall

maze in hues of red
the ‘superfice roja’
noon time in quito

white panes and blue sky
an abstraction in 3-d
into the artist’s soul

pastel and fierce
10 pairs of indigena eyes
stare from the painting

lazying officials
in the museum courtyard
such are quito days

hummingbird flutters
onto yellow hibiscus
– old town courtyard scene

catholic nuns in white
praying across the iron bars
– tourist attraction

walking the cobbled path
afro ecuadoran lass
drips the kabab stick