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