Zen Haiku

Poem 2060

how moon-bright
the ice melt
held in stones.

last orange rays
how the stars wheel
about creation.

drawn to a stone mouth
inch by inch
the well bucket moon.

the blue lakes stretch
to nothing ‘
then the wild geese returning.

bridge night
the weight of my partner’s
losing score.

preserving peaches
how the halves slurp
into the vacuum jars.

Interstate bus
near term she rubs her face
on the window mist.

Aegean cruise
how momentary the bargains found
among the spice bazaars.

Glass-bottom boat
it’s all about the lives
of the reef’s fish.

Cruise ship
hovering on a breeze
the palm island gulls.