Monday, June 22, 2020

Two bats
one
sun
down
A stray cat
crossing the road
took a look back.
Its kitten was
wedged too near
a sheer drop
into a swift stream
A mothers eye
darted from me to
you,
small
scared.
Startled,
you flew
across
the street.



A woman on a bicycle almost hit you.


Sunday, June 14, 2020

Ryokan's flea
I see
the mosquito
who bit me
fly away

(some things)

(some things)

such as the heart
and the blood running through it
the brain
with its bifurcate channels
pulsing
a course
of rivers within
thinning thinner
or thicker
walls
banks of rivers
and the sights along them
an island
thyroid
with a mound
as a mound found
among gravesites of
the indigenous life (yours)
that this land and river
are entrusted to
you a bridge
between you
seeing
your own waters pounding
flood warnings
blood rising
rising
abating
waiting
for
wanting more
than this
for this



a blueberry leaf
rinsed in rain

new weeds

old sorrows

Kemushi 毛虫 (Caterpillars)

I am not sure what kind of tussock you are.
Tea drinker? Gypsy wanderer?

I thought it polite
to stop, say hello.
I'm interrupting your lunch, though. 

Look

Look
how the wagtail watches
her
his love,
and alights in a flutter to greet her.
Wings, wings
so quick
one slips into another
under dark skies, heavy air,
where a grandfather
remembering romance
points to you.
セキレイ Sekirei, he says,
and smiles,
but
his young grandsons
are uninterested, 
and shouting,
reach into a small, clear bag of bread
to throw pieces at the large carp, 
lazing in the river.

Saturday, June 6, 2020

With
this
I've
slipped
from
a few
to
more
or much more

You
Sun Tzu
advise
wisely

"Keep your friends close."
"Keep your enemies closer."