Look! The dried rice cakes at the end of the verandah --
the uguisi is pooping on them! - Basho
Spider spun her web
outside my kitchen window
while I washed the dishes. - Anne Steel, July 2020
The saint hospital at summer dawn
Given a baby - Yamaguchi Seishi
This life as human
Embracing morning sorrow
Sunlight through the blinds - Gen Ju Reithel, July 2020
A fish went deeper
I followed it with my eyes
Yes, it was alive - Wassily Kandinsky
His death broke the sky
While his life was a gospel:
_____ - _____*, my mentor.
(*fill in the blanks with two syllables, such as
"Buddha," "Jesus," "Stuarrt," etc.)
- Kido Listenbee, July 2020
With a bit of madness in me, which is poetry,
I plod along like Chikusai
Among the wails of the wind. - Basho
"Roll, thunder! Pour, rain!
Crash, lightning! Lord, such a storm!"
Laughs the old lady. - Anne Steel, June 2020
The clear day in the rainy season.
The madder red of the twilight appeared and vanished instantly.
- Takahama Kyoshi
Now relaxing cupped hands in the water ease
Fully finding its way through countless grains of sand
Vanished! - Gen Ju Reithel, June 2020
Hold out your hand and
Attach yourself to nothing
Stretch past these three worlds - Taisen Deshimaru
From this monk's retreat
Compassion flows unhampered
Through caves of my heart - Kido Listenbee, June 2020
It was with awe that I beheld
Fresh leaves, green leaves
Bright in the sun - Basho
Tulip poplar leaves
Danced in the unseen breeze then
Returned to stillness - Anne Steel, May 2020
Where there are humans
You'll find fleas
And Buddha - Kobayashi Issa
A dripping faucet
Unfurling incense
Let go that marking mind
And call the plumber. - Vicki Reithel, May 2020
Now the thunder rolls
Don't lean your head toward your joy
Who led you deeper? - Kandinsky
In isolation
She became her own doctor
Sans squeamishness, fear - Kido Listenbee, May 2020
