When necessary,
I played with the lion, but
When not, I left it. - Ungan
Cardinals courting,
Roadside, suddenly fly to
Two separate trees. - Kido LIstenbee, June-July, 2021
Lighting one candle
With another candle --
Spring evening. - Buson
The full moon rested
Early morning on the
Roof of our house. - Anne Steel, June-July 2021
Taking a nap,
Feet planted
Against a cool wall - Basho
Resting in the vase
The silence of the blossom
Calling out to life - Gen Ju Reithel, June-July, 2021
These flowers of the plum -
How red, how red they are.
How red, how red. - Izen
Sitting by the lake,
Her restless thoughts settled
By its smooth, serene surface - Anne Steel, May 2021
Horse pasture
The prairie wind moves with muscle - Chad Lee Robinson
Wind only knows wind
It does not know how to blow
Listen to the chimes - Gen Ju Reithel, May 2021
Upon conversion
The first climb over is Mount Suzuka - Basho
An artist of earth
with a bulldozer, he now
Rests well in her arms. - Kido Listenbee, May 2021
After weeks of watching the roof leak
I fixed it tonight
By moving a single board -- Gary Snyder
For years she worried
For her boy, 'til one clear day
Saw he was a man -- Anne Steel, April 2021
Grass, mist rising
not a voice over the water
The day has ended -- Buson
Patterns dance the wall
Beams traveling from the sun
Your eyes filled with light -- Gen Ju Reithel, April 2021
In the meadow
The cow's lips
Wet with grass - Penny Harter
In passionate seas
May I swim in compassion
Below the surface - Kido Listenbee, April 2021
Looking over my shoulder
My behind was covered
In cherry blossoms - Allen Ginsberg
White wild pear blossoms
Herald spring's sweet surging sap
And all that follows - William Kester, April 2021
In the dark, rainy dawn,
Birds' singing - Jack Kerouac
Some say BE THE CHANGE YOU SEEK.
Others bear witness, hold space for what's next.
- William Kester, March 2021
The little girl hangs all the ornaments
On the nearest branch - Cor van den Heuvel
Treat old bodies like
Children: Listen, then ask,
"Show me what you can do!"
- Kido Listenbee, March 2021
Trickling from
A village child's sleeve
Cherry blossoms - Issa
Countless arms and legs
All ways of nurture and hold
The village is one - Gen Ju Reithel, March 2021
Cry of a hawk,
Cracking ice across the lake --
Enough of my talk - Billy Collins
Flakes fall noiselessly.
My ears rest in white silence;
My dark thoughts take wing. Anne Steel, March 2021
A child's drawing
The ladder to the sun
Only three steps - Scott Metz
Biking back at dusk
Last light gathers in the sky
Moon glow brings me home
- Gen Ju Reithel, February, 2021
I didn't know
The names of the flowers
And now my garden is gone - Allen Ginsberg
Ocean of sky in blue waves gold
Turning toward and away from the sun
- Kido Listenbee, February 2021
