
lifelike bird sculpture
doesn’t fool the insect
that lands on its beak.

lifelike bird sculpture
doesn’t fool the insect
that lands on its beak.

two wading birds
face each other so that
their reflections can chat.

crows turn to threat:
while pigeons remain
oblivious.

blossom drops,
fluttering slantwise
into still water.
Asleep on a leaf beneath lotus blooms,
Their fragrance floats across the misty lake.
Sudden rain - taps upon the canopy;
Its sound snaps me from sleep to wide awake!
The lotus is beaded with rain droplets --
Like pearls, drops roll together and apart;
The clear blobs coalesce like mercury,
Dripping to the river... back to their start.


sunup hour:
yellow blossoms turn gold;
one flutters to earth.