Monthly Archives: May 2023

May21

 
 
 

I take from the shelf
 
yet another empty cup—
 
spring melancholy.

May20

 
 
 

Night of the new moon—
 
the pebbles in my pathway
 
turn into mountains!

May19

 
 
 

Though my goal’s in sight,
 
the path’s not getting shorter,
 
little brown sparrow.

May18

 
 
 

Waning crescent moon,
 
my father never taught me
 
how to love the dark.

May17

 
 
 

Gentle mid-May rain—
 
the shovel I left outside
 
shrouds itself with rust.

May16

 
 
 

From this little room
 
whose windows will not open,
 
I see dahlias bloom.

May15

 
 
 

After evening tea,
 
I write a little ditty
 
about muddy roads.

May14

 
 
 

Mother’s Day breakfast—
 
burnt toast, banana, weak tea
 
from her youngest child

May13

 
 
 

Who will go with me
 
on my pilgrimage through spring?
 
You, white butterfly?

May12

 
 
 

Breezy day in May—
 
a feral cat takes a nap
 
in the noonday sun.