Be Water [Free Verse]

The floating feather
that eludes my grasp
isn't haughty or gleeful.

It just rolls, slips, glides,
and is gone.

The Dance [Free Verse]

What force dances one 
into this lovely state?

Light & ecstatic,
Blissful but calm.

Each breath a drug
that sends delicate
shimmers rippling
through the universe.

What force, indeed?

Beyond Eye & Mind [Kyōka]

a bare tree,
beside the stream,
sent leaves to the sea:
how far did they get?
"beyond eye & mind."

To the Sea [Haiku]

a leaf speeds over
the falls; is trapped below,...
bobs to the surface.

Willows [Haiku]

willows dangle
over flowing waters:
reaching not touching.

The Slow Flow [Haiku]

teal mountain stream
flows past rock's fluid striations,
proof flow can be slow.

The Flow Slows [Haiku]

seated on the wall,
beside the rushing creek,
the world slows.

PROMPT: Lose Yourself

Daily writing prompt
What activities do you lose yourself in?

Any that I can. If I can’t, it’s probably a tedious work-a-day task that I’m trying to get through so that I can get back to activities in which I can lose myself.