Inspiration

5-7-5 Version

Falling rain is glimpsed,
Against the backdrop of green.
The long dry spell ends.

Flow Version

Falling rain becomes visible,
Against the background of green boughs.
A long drought has ended.

Summer Heat

Is there any smell,
Worse than the stench coming from,
This stuff between my toes?

These chickens,
Laying as if dead,
In this heat.

Butterfly

In a flurry of bright colors,
Carried in by the afternoon breeze,
My visitor.

Dusk

Pale Sky,
Sliver of Moon,
Dark Trees.

Broken

This strange emptiness,
No sudden sound brings enlightenment,
I wander within an enso.

Late Afternoon Blue

Piece by piece,
The distant Mountain,
Fading into Sky.

Uninvited

A fly,
Landing moistly,
On my cheek.

ALTERNATIVE

A moist fly,
Landing stealthily,
On my cheek.

Balm

This cooling breeze,
Glimpse of Sun behind Clouds,
Soothes my Spirit.

Poetry

Why does it,
Get more beautiful,
When I suffer?

Domestication

These goats do not,
Jump or climb their fences,
But remain trapped inside.