third floor balcony
how long did it take you, snail
to climb this high

A Hundred Gourds 1:2

ten yellow roses...
the unspoken question
in the florist's eyes

earth shadow
engulfs my shadow
engulfs the moon

blackbird's song
the southbound train shakes rain
from the copse

May 2013 Shiki Kukai

days of rain . . .
beginning a chapter
i've already read

clouds breaking between knotweed and reeds a turtle slides

the length of the lake in the double scull's wake