Standing in water
Feeling a new wave arrive
Bare feet on firm sand





A beaver Swims by
Seeming to notice nothing
Just his endless work





The crow in the tree
Seems to never work at all
He is here to play





Morning widgeon land
Softly on dark water
Where the River sleeps





Two ducks landing
As one together on the pond
Stir the soft water




Closed and saddened heart
An anchor on life's seabed
Keeps us in this place





Early morning lake
Rippled by a loon's call
Reflecting the sun





Fall tree filtered light
An everchanging wind chime
Flickers on the wall





Watching a sunset
Its bright evening memory
A trace in our mind





A blessing from the sun
So many weightless sparkles
Laugh on dark water





Grateful every day
Love sings inside a rain dance
Flowing through our life





Two white butterflies
Flutter tightly together
High above the path





Anticipation
Early rays of spring sunshine
Stirs the sleeping earth





Kneeling on moist ground
Beside an ancient river
Spawning red salmon





Out on the ocean
Floating in a wooden boat
Whales just passing by





Tinder dry forest
Fragrant scent of pine
Stirred with quiet footsteps





Summer sun shining
Its heat unable to hide
Under broken rocks





Brightly colored leaf
Standing on a forest branch
Singing summer's song





Standing in the stream
Listening to the river flow
Laughing toward its home





Smiling at flowers
An unforgotten language
Spoken from the heart





Waking to the truth
Dust is blowing off the stone
Where we drew our dreams





Snow from the plum trees
Tumbles down the sidewalk
Playing with the breeze





We are a shiver
On the surface of life's pond
Just a whispered breeze





Driven by longing
Finding life's single promise
So easy to keep





Last night's crescent moon
Must have spilled upon the stars
Sparkled morning dew





The rain and the wind
Have been searching everywhere
No place left to hide





Storm cast ocean waves
Shattered on the rocky shore
Mix in with the rain




Dry whistle of wind
Rushing with the ocean breeze
Finds a broken wave





Willingness aside
I have no other interest
Bonding with your soul





Waiting for the sky
As the wind is blowing by
Over these mountains





Voices in the hall
Sense a joyful arrival
Children from their youth





Yesterday has passed
Tomorrow has not arrived
Plum tree is in bloom





Finding my wonder
I’ve always known this place
Love lives in my heart




Ocean waves calling
On their back or their bellies
White froth over blue





Listening to you
I find a truth in my heart
Breathing in sweet air





Feeling my footsteps
Sealing soft mud with sweet earth
Beautifully blind





Wine in its bottle
Such a confident secret
Colored so deeply





Loosing your body
Running with the summer wind
Heart broken open





Haikus speak softly
Inner and outer journeys
Are walked together





Its always that way
Inner and outer journeys
Travel together





Haikus build rainbows
Bridging two worlds together
Inner and outer





A conversation
Between inside and outside
Bright sparkles of light





In quiet water
Silver fish in the river
Flash bright in the sun





Outer and inner
Moving their feet and their words
Travel together





Objects and shadows
Like our thoughts and our visions
Seeking each other





Our experience
On the inside or outside
Makes its own shadow





The moon in darkness
Still sweeps across the sky
Reflecting the truth





The moon in darkness
Still sweeps across the sky
Truth in clear silence





The moon in darkness
Still sweeps across the sky
Smiling on plum trees





Waiting for nothing
Just delivers it sooner
Than anything else





Silence stills my breath
Knowing I am fully whole
In this quiet nest






Whispers from the past
Can not take us far from here
Holding with our heart






Cool summer morning
Just before the sun heats up
Swimming in the lake





If you only knew
Just how close beneath my feet
I felt heaven shift





If you only knew
How often I thought of you
In my wishing mind





Awash in white surf
Herring have found their purpose
Spawning on brown kelp






Seething ocean mass
Boiling in the darkened sea
Herring’s silver sides





Drawn together
Tightly in a herring ball
Fear rolls inside out





Seething ocean mass
Boiling in the darkened sea
Herring flash below





Drawn together
Herring in a living ball
Fear rolls inside out





These unblinking eyes
Seem urgent with excitement
In their spawning sea





Seagulls call with glee
Stiff and empty herring swirl
In a broken sea





So wet and lovely
Your saturated vision
Of this precious life





Winter's precious soul
Rests along the path we walk
Under autumn leaves





Our deepest purpose
Unwavering in the wind
So firmly rooted





How many lifetimes
Have we felt our purpose stand
Still in the spring breeze





How many lifetimes
Weathered in the winter rain
Will our purpose stand





Sweet winter wood smoke
Sleeping with the forest trees
Drifts into our dreams





Such sweet memories
Wood smoke tangled in tall trees
Changing the landscape





Dark ribbons of wave
Silently lift winter birds
Near the morning's beach





Dark and then silver
Twirling ribbons of ocean
Gather round our feet





Approaching the beach
Twisting ribbons of water
Know me where I stand





I am a blind man
Finding freedom in my breath
Standing here with you





Distant geese calling
Chasing spring across the sky
Draw me from my sleep





Large paper thin moon
Still bright in the morning sky
Watching restless clouds




Thin shaving of truth
High up in the morning sky
Round and still and bright




Noticing nature
Glint below an ocean wave
Like an autumn's leaf




Fallen autumn leaves
Helping all their trees to rest
Through the winter’s night