Rain falling at dusk
swept on, on ...
spilling millions of moons
on grass blades

Horinchi

The leaves never know which leaf will be

the first to fall ... does the wind know?

Soseki

A final drop of dew or the first sparkling leaf ...
each illustrates this brief temporal world
in which all things pass through

Sojo Henjo

The wild geese write a verse against the glow

over the hills; their seal - the moon below

Buson

Herons in the Snow

black ink calligraphy on a watercolor background ... snow effect was achieved by sprinkling salt while the paint was still damp

Writing, reading, and sharing Haiku

at a weekend workshop with Christopher Herold in Olympia, Washington The Heron's Nest Haiku Journal

we did a few exercises in a group inside the meditation hall, then separated and walked outside individually, slowly and silently, noticing the things that caused us to stop, keeping notes maybe or a small sketch

"everything we meet is equally important; equally unimportant"

a long detour

around Cloud Moutain

mud-caked boots

My Motto, my mantra, my life so far