the air shimmers hot
heavy with water - sugared
honeysuckle ripe
Valley lost in cloud,
rain falls steady all morning,
drips glisten on twigs
eternal mountains
snowy birthplace of rivers
oceans receive life
sparrow-heart, darling
do you drink from the river?
taking stones inside
night, how still the surf
only murmurs in the air
new moon overhead
Summer rain spatter
Unsettled dusky maiden.
Parasol resort.
water lily croaks
painting a smile on my face
I find Basho's frog
Torrential flash rain!
Under the tree shade; haiku
to girls rushing by.
freezing rain and wind
dance across a wooden deck
winter's rhapsody
pink japonica
blooms on bare limbs wet with rain --
last winter's shovels
almighty baptism
divine waves force bended knee
my blue genesis
Storms pound the jetty
Foghorn cries into the brume
Ships safe in harbor
a silver-tongued brook
wheat field whispers in the wind
fingertips trace Braille.
Silver light fishes
Leaping sparks on the water
Cast down from the sun
I give no grumble
Hearing the thunder and rain
Thankful for this warmth
harvest moon beckons
spring tide crests aureate banks
brown leaves ride her wake
Foam swallows my feet
Salty air, ominous waves
Peace in feeling small
House on deep water
drops fall, craters dot the earth
sand splashes upward.
A soulless husk floats
Empty of what was once life
Drifting in the waves
Far is the far shore,
Lines of which stretch farther still,
River between us.
fish beneath dark waves
thunderclouds invade the sky
you stay safe below
Sunscreen and sea smell
Hot sand touches little toes
Baby's first beach day
Rivulets of rain
Will revitalize the green-
Death is but transit-
brown hands grew these grapes
infused with earth water sun
wine our sacrament
fog stretches across
the morning water garden
flower lilies float
October twilight
white pines fogged with lake water
a distant chain saw
rare morning thunder
biblical sky pelts glass rain
all the leaves look sharp
A small petal falls
On the surface of a pond,
Disturbing its sleep.
Steel-blue dragon fly
Where river ends earth begins
Draws widening loops
Tide is moving in
Crabs find shelter in the sand
Fullest moon ever
three golden trees sway
atop the steep river bank
haunting mute children
Snow melt swells river
Spring flows scour the landscape
Fish find calm water
Morning on water
winds blow revelry through leaves
a heron splashes
whispering breezes
carry hushed sounds of water
rolling over rocks
gushing brook water
alive with shifting shadows
half minnows half light
scorched dust rivers flow
diaphanous sand currents
scrolling the black road