Bookstore

 
 
 

In a used-book store
 
the clerks pad around barefoot
 
restocking the shelves.

Thunderclap

 
 
 

Nearby thunderclap—
 
three barefoot children scramble
 
to escape the storm.

Gifts

 
 
 

A barefoot woman
 
enters the temple courtyard
 
bearing gifts of rice.

Dance

 
 
 

Three barefoot children
 
dance their way through the rubbish
 
on a Mumbai street.

Breakfast

 
 
 

barefoot at breakfast
 
old man in blue pajamas
 
nursing his third cup

Barefoot

 
 
 

selling straw sandals
 
the beggar’s only daughter
 
barefoot in the snow