Mount Kailash

The secret cave
Where the yogi meditates,
Lies within!

A Monk's Robes

Deaf, dumb and blind,
I stop to marvel at
Wind in the pine tree.

Oolong Tea

Steeping spring water
The agony of the leaves
Golden liquor.

Dzogchen

Beyond thoughts
The center of continuous
Becoming.

Nature

Bluebirds
And the Oneness of Nature,
Pavement puddle.

haiku

cold rain

and a greying sky,

quiet steps.

A Murder of Crows

A murder of crows
Cawing at the rising sun,
Awaken! Awaken!

Great Horned Owl

Winter's night
An owl's plaintive hooting
Echoes through still air.

Swallows

With flowing motion
The graceful Purple Martin,
Catches a mosquito!

Waterfoul

Ducks landing
Make the water look,
Like liquid ice.

California Quail

A bevy of quail,
Startled by my foot steps,
Flushing into flight.