A word of explanation. I had uploaded this ostensibly to my blog (www.sarvananda.blogspot.com) but didn't look closely enough so it appeared here. Oh well. Enjoy!
Water in the glass
Shakes on the kitchen table
As I am writing.
Shakes on the kitchen table
As I am writing.
Noiseless clod of snow
Falling swiftly to the ground
Followed by others.
Falling swiftly to the ground
Followed by others.
Shadow on the tree
Last for only a second
Then cloud swallows it.
Last for only a second
Then cloud swallows it.
Scattered through the snow
Thin branches are silhouettes
Of a Spring to be.
Thin branches are silhouettes
Of a Spring to be.
Lines along the snow
Borrowed from adjacent fence;
(Not to be repaid).
Borrowed from adjacent fence;
(Not to be repaid).
Many woodpeckers
Have feasted on this old stump.
Now, it's mainly holes.
Have feasted on this old stump.
Now, it's mainly holes.
Lying off the road
Small Siberian tundra;
(Visiting Woodstock?)
Small Siberian tundra;
(Visiting Woodstock?)
The road is empty;
All I have for company
Is my monkey mind.
