Thoughts Between Moments

2009-02-13T14:11:00.000-08:00

rain AND sun
even the sensei's brush hesitates
above the ink-wet parchment

2009-02-13T10:43:00.000-08:00

rain-timpani ended
sun bursts into solo
dripping leaves pitter and patter

raven trickster

2009-02-12T09:01:00.000-08:00

raven calls
red sun hangs on horizon
caught once again

coyote trickster

2009-02-12T08:56:00.000-08:00

coyote bays
full moon returns
fooled once again

2009-02-12T07:30:00.000-08:00

full moon finds me
through my skylight
please, do that trick again!

2009-02-09T15:23:00.000-08:00

Swiftly pulling out his emotional compass, he reconnoitered the social landscape. Too late, he was already lost!

2009-02-08T14:17:00.000-08:00

geese land
the green field rests
until tomorrow

(in reply to @haikuhabits)

raindrop meditation

2009-02-08T14:14:00.000-08:00

raindrops
live only for the falling
dewdrops only for the day

2009-02-08T13:26:00.000-08:00

wisps of blue
drift across my skylight
amidst the swirling clouds

2009-02-08T01:59:00.000-08:00

sunshine fills the room
with the sound of
no birds chirping

2009-02-07T15:04:00.000-08:00

sad puddles
last night's frolicking rain
what happened?!

2009-02-07T15:03:00.000-08:00

thirteen haiku written
thirteen blackbirds flying
and that's where the similarity ends!

2009-02-07T14:00:00.000-08:00

the pond full
the rain stops
any questions?

2009-02-06T09:46:00.000-08:00

rainsong stops
only fragrances still fall
and birds all atwitter

2009-02-06T07:49:00.000-08:00

rain
jackhammers on the pavement
piledrives in the fields

2009-02-04T21:28:00.000-08:00

tent flaps
wandering in the wind
even a gypsy must rest

2009-02-02T17:38:00.000-08:00

thirteen haiku written
thirteen blackbirds fly
both carried by the wind
into the crimson sky

2009-02-02T13:37:00.000-08:00

river washed stones
pyramid of worries
who has stacked you here?

recovery haiku#5

2009-02-01T19:58:00.000-08:00

my morning friends: stand tall and shower
my afternoon friends joke and laugh
i close the evening's door and smile

recovery haiku #4

2009-02-01T19:41:00.000-08:00

this evening pain is not this morning's pain
this evening sun is not this morning's sun
i sing "hurrah"

recovery haiku #3

2009-02-01T19:22:00.000-08:00

this blue dragonfly
out of place, wrong time of year
and yet i want him still

recovery haiku #2

2009-02-01T19:12:00.000-08:00

before return: white ceiling, blue skies, gray wind
after return: white ceiling, blue skies, gray wind

sakura sakura

2009-02-01T12:05:00.000-08:00

autumn leaves
gypsies camp
underneath the trees

post-op haiku

2009-01-29T00:44:00.000-08:00

white ceiling
blue skies
who trapped this bird within?

pre-op haiku

2009-01-27T05:00:00.000-08:00

zen mind
empty mind
compass spinning freely

2009-01-26T20:55:00.000-08:00

"entropy, a parameter of decay"
pshaw! we spit in your face
disorderly conduct

2009-01-26T12:34:00.000-08:00

North South East West
time for a new direction
the compass spins

2009-01-26T00:04:00.000-08:00

blackbirds sitting on a branch
new moon sends them flying
my thoughts are scattered

2009-01-25T23:51:00.000-08:00

gusting wind
black birds scatter
leafless tree

(in reply to @KrisLindbeck)

2009-01-24T11:02:00.000-08:00

Let's get Boolean ~ or not.

2009-01-24T09:10:00.001-08:00

compass on the table
untouched the arrow shifts
door hangs by its hinges

2009-01-24T09:10:00.000-08:00

No matter how much I shake the compass, it seems to have just one direction in mind. Pig-headed, insolent - you call this guidance?!

2009-01-24T09:02:00.000-08:00

the clock moves forward
all hands pointing
at my decision

2009-01-24T08:57:00.000-08:00

I move the compass again, searching for the right direction - but things just keep changing. Ah, this looks better.

2009-01-24T08:51:00.000-08:00

this turn of phrase
I can't resist
my haiku pounces

the cat and the moth

2009-01-23T18:02:00.000-08:00

silly cat
in the dark
how do you find your wings?

toyon tree

2009-01-23T11:01:00.000-08:00

silver skies, gray rain, red berries.
no wings? no song?

minimal haiku

2009-01-23T09:20:00.000-08:00

wet
dew
drops

2009-01-23T01:57:00.000-08:00

raindrops knock
windows open
come in!

2009-01-23T01:36:00.000-08:00

raindrops whimpering on the skylights
I knock wistfully on the window
yes, come out, come out and join us!

2009-01-22T15:27:00.000-08:00

Can't figure this compass out, heading just keeps changing. What's the decision here?!

2009-01-22T12:46:00.000-08:00

woke up searching for a fog poem
oh, outside my window
just add words

2009-01-22T10:30:00.000-08:00

first light ~ it's hard to be prepared for a day you've never seen before

2009-01-19T22:19:00.000-08:00

wrapped around itself
curling in the whirling snow
Raven's mocking cry

2009-01-19T16:47:00.000-08:00

where is my touchstone
she thought inquisitively
so i can haiku

(5-7-5)
in response to haiku by @portlandhaiku

2009-01-18T20:26:00.000-08:00

leaves falling on rain
now returning to their trees
in sky blue puddles

2009-01-18T04:06:00.000-08:00

Elegant longing song, played on a fiddle, taking us briefly out of time. Old predictable story, plays predictably on our emotions. Old maps.

(PHOG-KSFO enflight)

2009-01-17T08:23:00.000-08:00

Day's timid rays of gray push away the Huaka'ipo "night marchers" - night reluctantly recoils - Molokini whales breach gray waves in triumph.

(Wailea 17Jan09)

2009-01-17T04:19:00.000-08:00

we press these two sounds together
wind and rain
and the lightning claps

(Wailea 17Jan09)

2009-01-16T01:38:00.000-08:00

The Pacific stormed on Maui. Magnificent, self-absorbed the elements raged, thundered, lit crashing waves - our presence irrelevant, incidental.

(Maui)