steam rises swiftly
from a metal colander
filled with moist soba,
echoing the unspoken
grievances of yesterday
Monthly Archives: July 2015
A Mindful Miko
A Miko (shrine maiden) in Nara Park observes the people around her
Nara, Japan-2015年7月26日
Cinquain/LXX
lush grapes
line the pathways
that we aimlessly traipse
along, beneath sun’s thrashing rays
today
Rituals of August
The King has departed.
Spotted peach blossoms
unfold their fragile wings
in front of sun-melted
faces, kissing the wind
in the darkness as they
journey away towards
the mountainside.
I pray that we shall meet again.
Set in Stone
Near the grounds of Toko-ji Temple in Kofu, Japan