Year's end
All corners of this floating world
Swept - Basho
Raindrops like pearls gleam
from twig-ends, off'ring light for
the new year's birthing. - Anne Steel, January 2021
stone before stone buddha - Karma Tenzing Wangchuk
Acorn strikes the roof
From looking at the moon - Basho
Cardinal hen pecks withered beauty-berries in the
slow-returning sun - Kido Listenbee, January 2021
The sound of rain
On the sound of waves - Elizabeth Searle Lamb
Clear sky above us
Who cares if the pool is cold?
For now, sweep the leaves. - Gen Ju Reithel, December 2020
Snow fallen on snow
And this evening the full moon in November - Basho
This last November day
Snow flakes swirl with sudden mirth at their rebirth - Anne Steel December, 2020
Enough new ghosts to mourn any war,
And a lone old grief-stricken man. - Du Fu
Curtain of black gauze now back-lit:
A sign of hope the plague is ending. - Kido Listenbee, December 2020
The winds that blow --
Ask them, which leaf of the tree
will be next to go! - Soseki
Fallen leaf dances across the road
Wind-enlivened, moon-enlightened.
- Kido Listenbee, November 2020
No waves no wind
The empty boat is flooded with moonlight. - Dogen
Driving dirt road after dark
Empty beer cans shine like full moons.
- Do Ja Tenjin Williams, November 2020
On a branch floating downriver
A cricket singing - Issa
Full moon gratitude
As a river kinhin steps
Birthday glow is here - Gen Ju Reithel, October 2020
Our lives are like the plants floating along the river's edge
Illumined by the moon - Ryokan
Grief is a country peopled with presence
Constant, resourceful, alive - Kido Listenbee, October 2020
