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
The baby swallows
Make way make way
The horse is going to pass along - Issa
Form interrupts form
Bump, bump, bump, bump, bump, bump, bump
Shoes left in the rain. - Gen Ju Reithel, September 2020
The first winter rain,
And my name shall be called "Traveller." - Basho
Family, song, three notes
Sigh of satisfaction
Nothing more to say - Anne Steel, September 2020
Awakened at midnight
by the sound of the water jar cracking
from the ice - Bassho
Barking dog wakes you
from warmth when tree brushes window - Do Ja Williams, September 2020
Oh, don't mistreat the fly!
He wrings his hands! He wrings his feet! - Issa
As I walk my path
Stepping stones give way to grass
Which tiny bugs climb. - Kido Listenbee, September 2020
