February 2013

Taranaki rain . . .
an image of Fujisan
breaks through

 

shady tree —
a cicada cools down
its ardour

 

a river's sound
invites me to stare
into shadows

 

completing now
what begins in mystery . . .
garden shrine

garden shrine —
a snail retracts
its stalks

 

mountain chill —
flowing tears slow
to a crawl

 

forbidden path . . .
hiking up the stairway
to heaven

 

bridge of stars . . .
a handmaid nurses
the divine

 

under milkweed
a butterfly begins
at the beginning

 

hokkus pokkus . . .
all credibility
disappears

 

navel gazing . . .
the Neon Buddha cracks
a cheesy grin

shaky start!
the chicken and egg
leapfrogging

 

urban blooms . . .
a rapper chews his words
al dente

 

dead sea scrolls . . .
the repetition of words
going nowhere

 

summer wind . . .
cloud shadows dappling
parched fields

 

ah, into one shade
many-hued chrysanthemums
fade, wither, and die

shallow stream . . .
sunlight trickles over
a white stone

 

dawn chorus . . .
footprints wander in
from a dream

 

windswept sea —
failing light submerges
beyond all this

 

mountain cloud
yielding space to dance
between dreams

 

mountain dawn . . .
the ineffable burns
in a hebe

 

mountain wind . . .
what hunger is this
howling leaves?

 

broken bowl —
gone too the emptiness
it once held

emptiness
is a mirror turned
to my face

a bull whip
snaps about darting fish —
night without end

drought relief . . .
a fair weather friend
takes a dump

 

star gazing . . .
my eyes piece together
shards of darkness