1. Hosomi ––Slenderness
the vine
finds itself,
ties a knot
2. Shibumi ––Astringency
the green gone
only your searching remains
old vine
3. Fuga no makoto ––Poetic Truth
the vine
needs the tree
to rise
4. Yugen ––Beauty suffused with ineffable mystery
halfway there,
the vine
turns back
5. Kogo kizoku ––Awakening to the High, returning to the low
climbing
beyond the vine
honeysuckle scent
6. Mono no awa re ––Compassion for things
grasping vines,
even your blooms
are needy
7. Transcendence
worms training up the thorny vine
––across the distance
the flash of fish
8. Equivalence
two vines entwine––
the heron shakes
with the fish
9. Fueki ryuko ––Changing and unchanging
frost on the vines
and aster fruits
––the river passing
10. Perspective
seeds fly from the vine––
the highest leaf
stroking the moon
11. Suffering
sad––
another has cut them,
thorny vines
12. Karumi ––Lightness
Whiteness!
the blackberry vine
dressed for Easter
13. Transition
reaching the top
the vine turns
to red
14. Butsuga ichinyo –Oneness
in the tangled vine
the sparrow
answering herself
15. Essentiality
in the field
of vines
no one way
16. Blind Writing––Call and Response
When are we named…?
––after turning a complete circle, the vine divides
17. Knowing
touched every day,
the thorny vine
remains
