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Haiku
Spirit Issue #15
OCTOBER 1998
Ringing
silence
the clapperless wake-up bell
Ken Jones
Arriving -
from the darkness
the sound of crickets.
Sean O'Connor
ZEN HAIKU OF SOEN NAKAGAWA
Endless is my vow
under the azure sky
boundless autumn
Out in the blizzard
a monk sits
life and death matter
Vast solitude
my thinning body
transparents autumn
Soen Roshi (1907-1984)
From high barred windows
mad friends peek out
chilly night
Going West
Across the interior.
Cows kneedeep in buttercups
quiet my fears
Fleetingly, a hare.
First smile of the day.
Dark hills,
and on them patches.
I have gone too far
Last light:
lambs cry from hill to hill,
the hermit's lamp burns on
Jim Norton
Fitting me
better than I expected -
my mother's swimsuit
Maeve O'Sullivan
Park's summer shower ~
I happen to be
under the oldest tree
Front door, just closed ~
how long are these two butterflies
to be apart?
In the old iron pot
morning tea
warmed up again by midday sun
Gilles Fabre