Haiku Pretences, And The Soul Is A Stranger

Sixteen Gathered Moments, and The Imperious Hand

Moon through the window
awakens!
- Ksitigarbha’s third eye

The gold Green Tara
deepens!
- the shimmering sun

Birds
clouds circle -
in the rock pool

Spider on a leaf
seizes a fly under the leaf
— morning peak hour!

Sunset
dusts before
the bronze Buddha

Rinsing dishes -
the full moon slides
off the plate

Dark path after rain,
the heavy hibiscus drops -
the moon shatters

Storm clouds, moon,
wild geese fold into
— the sky’s edge

Black sky stills the river,
wild geese thread
- the moon’s hook

Spider on a leaf
seized a fly under the leaf
— still the stone Buddha!