
guardian lion
watches the setting sun like
it’s up to no good.

guardian lion
watches the setting sun like
it’s up to no good.

hazy valley:
after the harvest,
the fields are burnt.

a barren tree
clings to a cliff face;
winds have nothing to shake.




mountain bamboo,
on the sunny side,
cools & quiets.

even a stream
charges a toll, and
thwarts cheaters.
step on stone: slip & fall;
sink calf deep: you may pass.

rice harvested;
the paddies are dry.
buffaloes graze.

bougainvillea &
gold trumpet grow together:
one tree, two personas.

a sea of clouds:
flat & calm; rimmmed with
cumulus mountains.


