wrapped at either end
summer’s waning vestiges
dark of dawn, burnished dusk
still smartly dressed willow trees
dissolve in yellow gingkos
題知らず October 7, 2011
This afternoon lost
warmth of day slipped away
into night’s cavern
A street light’s first yellow flicker
winks back at an empty sky
After hour July 24, 2011
dappled windows flicker
mimicking heat’s midday rise
for an empty street
the door locked, the bar closed
a waiter suited in stone
Summer showers July 7, 2011
Long after spring’s splay
a second season blossoms
burst forth more brightly
wide open at rain’s first touch
upturned tulips held aloft
Four blocks away June 29, 2011
Skirted by asphalt
flooded by black water
and pierced by moon light
A single square rice field
swollen in this humid dusk
After a while June 28, 2011
not writing a verse
words stopped up in stale air
a me to forget
if only fortune would permit
until then naught but life’s wait
Without indoors May 28, 2011
A day of cleaning to feel
every thing in its right place
Now, switch off the light
and dive into a sea of dreams
drops of puddling rain fall
When I long May 23, 2011
And the rains kept on
After the azaleas
A welt and a tear
The four leaf clover I saw
Brought to life by sidewalk cracks
Brimming May 19, 2011
Summer under cover
layer upon unending
cotton swaddled sweat
As if to evade the sun
poppy petals onions peal
Saturday school May 15, 2011
Premature summer
A blink turns to a slumber
Fatigue’s number race
Outside drawn blinds behind shut eyes
Summer roses blush fire
