Gaze

Walking, the deer gently stops, 

tilts its head to one side,

a blossom falling on a stream

Surprise

Disturbed by nearness

The blue heron flies away

The child, surprised, cries

 

 

Trying a new form

A mother and child

foraging for mushrooms and ferns

A hanging orchid

 

A mountain stream

flows crystal clear, and so cold

deer is shivering

 

Seven blackbirds perch

on a young sycamore tree

boy counts his fingers

 

Undeterred they rowed

The whole Atlantic Ocean

Off the wall they said

End of day

The waves embraces

the descending moon

a fish dangles in the line

 

Stillness

to thread a needle
a steady hand, a clear eye
and a grateful heart.

dove in disguise

Doesn’t have to clamor
for attention
white magnolia in bloom

when the pig comes down the mountain

My grandmother is cool
She can dance a polka and bake a rhubarb pie
though not at the same time

My grandmother drops her sewing needle
start crawling on the carpet
85 years ago

A kitten and a baby on the floor
look at each other’s eyes
grow up grow up

Two lovers
meet at their Thursday rendezvous
I miss you I miss you

A man ask for a pie at the the bar
becomes drunk with beer
remember what you wish for

The elderly people in the park
pushing strollers
in lieu of canes

Everybody thinks
including the police
it is a baby in the stroller

My mother brings white asparagus and apple pie
says: eat one and plant the other
fruit tree on the backyard and a blond hair

My breakfast every Monday:
hot chocolate and cinnamon rolls
Ask me about Tuesday.

My grandfather yawns
my grandmother sighs
their only argument

alone

a vast space, Windsor Castle
visitors, all taking photos
one honor guard

How to play

A little girl
with a tiny shovel and pail
mountain on the beach

Thinking haiku

Eyes look
on the window sill
crawling with ants.

The boy drops
a white bowl
a thousand places.

The farmer
surveys flooded field
with folded arms.