Cyclical

Each new day
The same old drill
Come what may
Or come what will

Anti-Freeze

Miura peninsula winter
Brings no ice or frost,
So bits of summer remain,
The green is never lost,
It grows, spreads, and spills,
Out of the cold dirt, led by
The hardy daffodils...

Precipitant

A kind of sediment,
That which is me,
Accumulated over time
Into  identity,
Mostly self aware,
But not completely,
To be fair...

安浦公園

A tall pole-mounted clock
Stands next to the tree,
Both measure time’s
Passing differently,
The clock’s face is
Simple and stark,
Above a memorial to the
Dead who made the park,
Which used to be ocean
Before it was filled,
And during that work
The men were killed...

Micro-Risk

Between the bed and the door,
There’s always a chance to
Slip, and fall to the floor,
I know this because
It’s happened before...

Almost Done

At last it’s here
The sunshine of
The final day of the year

Distortion

Things can bend or shift,
And change the way it’s going,
Sometimes all subtle like,
Achieved without our knowing,
They warp in the direction
The fateful wind is blowing...

Signals

Sometimes your eyes
Will reveal,
What you will not show,
But really feel...

Companion

Small wonder at the family
Feel of a dinner plate,
Off of which, for so
Many years, we ate...

冬至

It will dim, then disappear,
Light of the shortest day,
Into the longest night of the year...

Shimbashi Station, 07:48 AM

All dark coats and ties
Out from the station
The salary-men march
In a quiet formation
Intense, indentured to
The business of their nation

Tiny Lives

Two sparrows perched on the
Branch of a winter tree
Feathers ruffled by the wind
I wonder what they see...

Relax

Some things are going to happen,
Can’t be stopped, no place to hide,
So the best thing to do, is just
Sit back, and enjoy the ride....

The Swamp

The winning politician,
Loves the power and perks
Of his elected post,
And thereafter works
More cleverly than most,
Does whatever it takes.
Crises are weathered,
Rants, blusters, fakes,
To keep his nest feathered...

Here And Now

My seconds and minutes spent
In the moment, unnoticed,
Flow in the background, ambient...

Camouflage

Powders and chemicals
Carefully applied
Over the places
Where liver spots hide

Retail Queen

She does her best
To turn back time
And perfectly dressed
She walks in the Mall
Not shopping at all
You know what I mean
Her outfit is expensive
She wants to be seen

All Plugged Up

Sniffling and sneezing,
Young and old,
Caught in the grip
Of the common cold,
Drowning in snot,
They know for sure,
That science has yet
To find a cure...

Unenlightened

The brightness is
More far than near,
I come to realize
Sitting here,
Waiting for the
Clouds to clear...

Meow

Hunt, sleep, eat,
And this, and that,
The curious life
Of a cat...

When It Happens

Sometimes, ideas
Come in a rush,
Other times,
Brain is mush...

Salon de Espoir

Window display aquarium,
Empty, lifeless, dry,
Someone put it there,
But for what, and why,
A shop front puzzle
For those who walk by...

Post-TransPac

Jet-lagged, around midnight,
My body does not know
What is wrong or right,
Or the give and take
Of time zones, so I lie,
Non-dreaming & awake...