2016, May 31

Canned beer in the park-
ing lot... down feathers in the
wind, falling upward

2016, May 30

Incense offering
Twenty years of practice, rise
In smoke and the fog

2016, May 29

Counting breaths... the
distance between four and five
is beyond recall

2016, May 28

Computer code runs
over and over like the
news comentary

2016, May 27

A war in the east
we carry in our hearts, as
birds in the forest

2016, May 26

A rose pink as night's
Soundless origin--eclipse
Of stars' defining

2016, May 25

the joyous feeling
being punched in the nose... is
this, too, nirvana?

2016, May 24

A burning house and
Neighbors smiling at me, good
Time for us to meet

House a burning flame
Smoke and ash drifts a thousand
Feet. The place of loss

2016, May 23

Computer wires--
roots--feed the glowing screen. Dark
Leaves in a forest

Computer, I see
Your roots are wires--glowing
Screen, where are the leaves?

2016, May 22

In the mirror shade
And light--same reflection, for
Without both, then none

2016, May 21

Flower, why do you
Fall--have your petals been here
A long enough time?

2016, May 20

loneliness, but then
do I not choose to read a
book? How beautiful

2016, May 19

Cup of coffee spilled
though I held so tightly and
watched it carefully

2016, May 18

Alone all day, walked
Empty hills and baseball field
A moment's beauty

2016, May 17

Grey Heron, standing
like a lawn flamingo
in the zen garden

2016, May 16

Sun on the asphalt...
Behind the cafe, tanning
In your bikini

Redwood roots spilled out
On the concrete--given time,
Wood moves like water

2016, May 15

Sweet potato skin
fabric from roots' labyrinth
buried in the earth

2016, May 14

Sky, waves of clouds, blue-
grey--what leviathans stalk
the air, weighing less

2016, May 13

brown bird, visible
as stars in the abyss of
the day's unshrouding

2016, May 12

Shadow on the page
Of a notebook, crescent shaped
Hummingbird, so still

2016, May, 11

Ice cream, in the fridge
no sun shines, nights pass unseen
And then it is gone

2016, May 10

Meditating, a
Tear drop and the rain also
Water on new leaves

2016, May 9

Amidst my shouting--
The master's constant saying
Want to meditate?

2016, May 8

Black coffee, taste of
self improvement--burn of heat
and the bitterness

2016, May 8

You decorated
The house with curly flowers--
They stay, though you left

2016, May 7

Fish, swum to the rocks
Nibbles a bit of kelp, then
Fades into the deep

2016, May 6

Purple flower, closed
green--petals fallen to ground
just in time, rain drop

2016, May 5

Dawn shadows over
Hills and the bay, wandering
In clouds, the grey city

2016, April 4

Knife in the pen jar
And drinking unfiltered rice
Wine from a cracked cup

2016, May 3

Steam rises from the
Pot of chamomile tea
Even in this heat

2016, May 2

Homeless wandering
The hillside under no moon
Muttering of God

2016, May 1

Window, light spilled in
Black--what waits at the outskirts
And what beyond that?