SPRING
Despite the storm,
Spring's herald makes it through:
Scent of plum blossom.
SUMMER
Abundant fireflies
This year, but this morning
None are to be seen.
AUTUMN
Autumn sea:
A boat moves, leaf-like,
In the floating world.
WINTER
Winter rains
Cross the mountains
On rising clouds.
budding limbs:
vibrant growth unseen from
the city beyond.
swamphens strut
at water’s edge, and
i’m a farmboy again.
late afternoon sun
catches yellow bloom clusters:
the day’s last hurrah.
lakeside leaves are
turning and dropping, but
no floaters remain.
water lilies,
in the early morning sun,
stand tall & proud.
SPRING
on wet feet,
the sparrows hop
down the hall.
SUMMER
the owl naps,
and dreams of a
summer grove.
AUTUMN
sunny autumn day:
smoke from something burning
rises skyward.
WINTER
a snowy night;
the sound of bamboo
rustling.
gold-sash Buddha
sits under Fall colors,
watching leaves drop.
frangipani blooms
litter the temple walk.
sound of sweeping.
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