Zen Haiku

3578

climbing rose
darkens the face
of the sundial

start of day
the sundial
orange in the light

Indian summer
timed out
on the sundial

garden sundial
dew growing aphis
on the buds of May

By the sundial
the children’s pet grave
… another lesson.

Garden sundial
a mouse looks up from
the passage of the moon.

Sundial garden
sudden sneeze
the dog finding the cat’s scent.

Garden dawn
the sundial recording
its singing hour.

Sundial garden
a breeze spilling
the tulip-cup’s showers.

Sundial garden
the sleep the owl is losing
to the cold of the moon.