January 2011

the back roads
vanishing from view ...
winter stars

even ducks
interpenetrating ...
last snow

this chill
I cannot name ...
draining light

cradling
her frame of reference ...
misty vigil

riverrun
past Eve and Adam's ...
even words fail

autumn sea ...
leaving my boat
behind

without words ...
lighting one more candle
against the night

spring moonrise ...
tonight the rooftops
are mountains

while she turns
to view the moon ...
lapping waves

leapfrogging
over puddles ...
sound of rain

godwit in flight ...
winter dreams linger
in her wings

the spring
now in his step ...
her smile

river fog
sculpting dreamscapes
from clay

thawing snow ...
the urge to be useful
drop by drop

melting
within my hand -
your presence

the burden
of winter sun ...
snow drops

her passing -
shadow into light,
then out

pilgrim friend
fading into mist -
then her song

bleak winter -
yet light breaks through
from darkness

dusky sound -
all that remains
of the day

bare rooftop -
a blackbird proclaims
its secret

breaking dawn -
the newspaper
lies unread

summer coda ...
a single cicada
droning

fantasia ...
distant strains now
an apocalypse

autumn shadows -
within my footprints
a robin's meal

drinking
from my reflection -
lenten fast

ripening winds ...
the bloom of summer
scatters to earth

autumn horizon
hine-nui-te-po waits
gathering clouds

haigha
through the looking glass -
march hare

autumn dawn ...
asian paper wasps swarm
over haiku