1. Allusion
still new;
Basho’s moon,
Issa’s dew
2. Hosomi ––Slenderness
in and out
the window and the bed
this lover moon
3. Yugen ––Beauty suffused with ineffable mystery
every leaf renewed––
the moon reaching
into the pine
4. Kogo kizoku ––Awakening to the High, returning to the low
the moon knocks softly––
water trembling
from within
5. Equivalence
bog’s edge
a half shell on this side
the moon on the other
6. Fueki ryuko ––Changing and unchanging
the sun finds me
in bed with the moon
––old loves
7. Senryu––Haiku about people
sleepless––
sharing her pillow
with the moon
8. Karumi ––Lightness
don’t you come
any closer, old moon
I’m drunk!
9. Mono no awa re ––Compassion for things
you too,
mud gar…
lovesick for the moon?
10. Essentiality
the moon slowly draws the circle
in one motion,
the minnow and the sunfish
11. Perspective
whiteness!
moonlight on the branches
on the moon
12. Butsuga ichinyo –Oneness
the August moon
caught them all
the lost fireflies
13. Transition
summer’s last moonlight––
a persimmon half-naked
beneath a leaf
14. Suffering
tethered moon––
all the white pigeons
return to the bridge
15. Blind Writing –– Call and Response
Grown into the tree, the rock is lifted
––with a wave of my hand, the moon
16. Shibumi ––Astringency
winter stillness––
daring to drink it
the moon in the cup
17. Fuga no makoto— Poetic Truth
moonlight through broken leaves
the brush confessing
to the paper