Ferns in Long Waves

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ferns in long waves

spill into the rain – 

doe in the thunder

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One Leggy Beetle

one leggy beetle 

among porcelain petals –

the feast yet to come

bound to each other

Inspired by Chiyo-Ni:

a single spider's thread
ties the duckweed
to the shore

© Chiyo-ni

Under the Waterfall

under the waterfall – 

the hiss of foam

softened by oak

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under the waterfall – 

the scent of old oak

borne on the mist

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Each Petal (Tanka)

each petal

the same as its ancestors

–  and yet – not quite –

a tear – a seam – 

and the most delicate – soars –  

Unstrung (Haiga)

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Lyrics

Dingsaller

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Helloing at Gloaming

With a double dose of onomatopoeia!

Potter's Field

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at potter’s field  
the warming earth heaves  
- and the trucks roll on  

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How Soft Underfoot

Inspired by the example from Robert Frost:

Reluctance

Out through the fields and the woods

And over the walls I have wended;

I have climbed the hills of view

And looked at the world, and descended;

I have come by the highway home,

And lo, it is ended.

The leaves are all dead on the ground, 

Save those that the oak is keeping

To ravel them one by one

And let them go scraping and creeping

Out over the crusted snow, 

When others are sleeping.

And the dead leaves lie huddled and still,

No longer blown hither and thither;

The last lone aster is gone;

The flowers of the witch hazel wither;

The heart is still aching to seek,

But the feet question ‘Whither?’

Ah, when to the heart of man

Was it ever less than a treason

To go with the drift of things, 

To yield with a grace to reason,

And bow and accept the end

Of a love or a season?

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how soft underfoot - 

the leaves of seasons past

in their dreams

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On a Mossy Trunk