After the rain does its rinsing/ I think about how everything/ That was dry/ a short time ago// Now drips with

Once, when Snow tumbled to the frozen ground,/ pooling in translucent rivers, the crystals gasped/ at

It's odd how rain lashing at/ your windows, can act as an/ appeaser when your mind/ is troubled./ The drops

Merci contains mercy, pure water/ forgiving in a warm, swollen stream./ Merci is autumn mapping

Grandpa used to sit on a protruded part/ of the veranda of our old house./ In a subtle hesitancy, he used

the herd careens along/ eyeless, screeching rails/ curving parallel lines of rusting iron/ stripped from

With the winter months/ Comes windy snow storms/ Blowing the last remain leaves/ Off the now bare trees

born morning/ coffee/ steam-drift/ peripheral—did you?/ slipping movement/ downridge: brown, lean

Picture the honeysuckle wild in January wind:/ knots of branches, muscles tensing./ The ash tree

I conjure the perfect herb garden in my mind:/ anise, basil, cardamom, fennel nestling/ in alphabetical order

A crystal clear/ Tear// Drifting/ Slowly// From a precious/ Emerald eye// Landing/ Gently// On to my/ Feathered

I was here with you for a long time./ You must have learned something./ Keep walking,/ far past

Dare not to think in your imagination that/ Somebody might pluck you./ Bloom with all the anchorage and

Distant mountains echo,/ Thunderous,/ In my heart./ Meanwhile, my mind/ Sways gently/ To looming branches

How to reach the center?/ Holding together this universe,/ that by some law of physics/ Is pulling itself

I tasted from the brook, sucking from/ my cupped hands the crushed shards/ catching sunlight to

The yard is bare and desolate/ Patches of grass laid out here and there/ Weeds have taken over/ A fool’s

lullaby of rain/ raining on rain/ fills the night/ while the village sleeps

the buckets up high/ pouring wide on us below,/ white mountain washed out./ flowers droop in rain

Sea and sky/ show me your/ blue music,/ bring me waves,/ raindrops, and/ pleasant views./ I will take/ rhythm