The Lion stands still
One foot up, paused in his climb
He turns to look back

TODAY

harvest

-----------------Walking mindfully
First one foot then another
Good meditation

Work will do it's job
In one way or another
Yo! All hands on deck!

When the sun went down
Moon came out to shine all night
Lighting up the dark

While the whole world slept
The mill of mind work went on
Lighting up the dark

Pecking never stops
That old red rooster's going
Morning, noon, and night

Self looking for self
Looking,looking everywhere
From the inside out

Ceaseless change going
Endless flow of be here now
What a wondrous thing!

Insulated hut
Hardly enough room for one
Much less company

Suffer the sharp thorns
Along the stem of a rose
There for protection

Blue waters sparkling
Thunderclouds gather above
Gray water whitecaps

Today's ocean full
Of salty sea waters deep
Ships sails billowing

Making a career
That's good and beneficial
A Right Livelihood

What and who I am
The discovery of myself
Always different

beyond the beyond
over on the other side
back to here and now

At the beginning
Where the road comes to an end
Blue is deeper blue

no nothing no words
no breezes to stir the pines
only emptiness

Home is always here
Wherever it's path may roam
Listen to birdsongs...

Neither right nor wrong
A leaf swirled blithely along
With no hidden plans...

Today is a pearl,
Formed within the awareness
Of sentient beings
...
One waterlily
On top of a tall green stem
Over flat green leaves

Little wrens grew up
Now they're all over the porch
Learning how to fly

TODAY the sky fell
From the highest high branches
Of the old oak tree...

An old, old story
As always the chicken sees
What about the egg?

Didn't see that before
That big white morning glory
Wont see it again

Sunrise brought the day
Old roosters stood tall to crow
Waking up the world

They saved seeds each year
For the next spring's planting time
Year in and year out...

they come and they go
seasons, times, and happenings
myriads of things

Happy as a lark
Washed by the shower at dawn
Green leaves grow on trees

good and bad happens
all in the very same place
always together

Like a little child
A whole self concentrated
On the here and now

In the here and now
Spontaneously living
moment to moment

Great way has no gate
Twixt the heavens and the earth
Freely walk between

A zen hut is good
Made of brushwood very strong
Shelter from the storm

Travelers on the road
Pathways leading here and there
Friendly faces meet :-)

Water floods the land
When a river's overwhelmed
Makes a delta rich

If you build your home
Where the river floods the land
Build it high and dry

Want to make music
Practicing some every day
Harmonizing notes
Want to be aware
Practice some every day
Being here and now

Dharma orders stuff:
Sandbars form at river bends
Fish swim and birds fly
A thousand years hence
Ideas still tumble and flow
Into streams and dreams
Like a little stream
Voices flow into thinking
Music of no thought

clean clear eternal
space of peace love and wisdom
let go and be free
sitting quiet and still
mind and body together
for a little while

Sages then and now
living lives of daily bread
on a path of IS
invisibly free
can never be hurt nor harmed
celebrating life

going in and out
around about up and down
everynothingness
Que cera cera
Of universal oneness
In form and no form
I am I I am
( ) I am I I am

new orleans 2005:...
hot tired thirsty beat
living through devastation
here now this moment
catfish swim around
chipola river flowing
in one another
end of beginning
in the middle looking out
beginning of end
clean out all the trash
smooth out the ground
in patternsfor contemplation

They cry hot dry tears
Wading through spilled over lake
They are living zen

Storm winds roaring loud
Thrashed big trees down to the ground
That is here and now
fill empty spaces
with whatever is needed
with that that is good

every body counts
every mind valuable
All senses needed
helpless. not knowing
stuck. between storm and despair
huddled on cold stone

katrina came. went.
left us holding on by thread
this is the fifth day

of not knowing
they are not thinking
their minds have gone beyond it
myoho renge kyo

Stunned and blown away
By the power of waters
Roaring in on the wind

A soft breeze enters
Empty spaces in a room
No sea of nothing

going, going, gone
baby birds left in their nest
all alone. alone

In the not knowing
There the knowing can be found
Never ending NOW...

Nature's rivers flow
Overland and sea and sky
Bright, true, transparent
Zen gardens serene
Make many different designs
In the sandy soil

A flute with no holes
Like the pinetop overheadPlaying with breezes
Basho, zen teacherHaiku many years agoStill lives on today
Today stands in placeWatching events come and go Always here and now
...a work in progress after eating red peaches take a little nap
tiny pool reflectfrom patterned circle of sandclear, serene, calming
everything there isis full of contradictionall is and is not
after long night sleepwake rested, newly readyaware chicken sees
sooner or later the amaryllis will bloomlighted by sunbeams
Time seeps into earth Soaking into ready seeds Waiting in the dark
Wet rain falling drySunshine darkening midnightGood make bad joyful
Not knowing they knowRobins fly south in winterAlong with snowbirds
Today There's a subtle change The change woke up the morning Something's in the air
In garden of art, some plants spring up on their own, The best of the best. ------------------------------
Shiki found the formThe content is up to meIn my own haiku--------------------------------------
Bright, white, hot, the sunClimbing to shadowless noon Sweetening the figs---------------------------------------
Summer clouds float byOver white cliffs of Dover; Both are beautiful-----------------------------------------
White clouds floating byOver white cliffs of Dover;Both are beautiful-----------------------------------------
My heart bows to youSaid the person on the hillArms outstretched to all--------------------------------------
See Beginner's Mind,Like the Lotus flowers fold Outward from within--------------------------------
Through the brushwood gate,Pushed open by winds of march Forest creatures come
---------------------------------------- Green leaves last all year;Winter flowers bloom ice coldC'est la vie, c'est bon-----------------------------------------
Moontub cool and sweetBeings bathe in this retreatCome out clean and clear---------------------------------
Now the time has comeFor sweeping old homeplace clean Today is the day--------------------------------
light is free to shineshining outward, inward toofree to light the world--------------------------------
buddha saw this bugwatched it crawling on this leafthis very same bug
-----------------------------------Life adds up to oneA point of centered ZeroNo end either way------------------------------
Earning daily breadWithout starving of othersEveryone equal-------------------------------------- Go outside todayWalk. Watch the world for a while; Listen to the sky
--------------------------------------Elusive one goneIf a search is daily launchedNothing will turn up------------------------
No point the whole point,Instead of buried treasureIt's an empty hole--------------------------------
Babies read nor writeInnocent and ignorantMoment to moment--------------------------------
An infinite pointPotential for anythingAlways free to be--------------------------------------
Birds like chickens scratchAmong the leaves, twigs, and such Looking for dinner
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Hurricane's coming! A reason to use reason Reason seeks shelter
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Hurricane's coming!There's no reason for Reason Face the storm head-on.
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Little weeds grow inCity sidewalk's tiny crackMy teacher today------------------------------
I am a jigsawNo one can make my pieces Into a picture------------------------------------
Hui-K'o could not findHis mind for Bodhidharma"Yes!" He said and laughed.:-)------------------------------------
Looking for what's notCan find no satisfactionFind it in what is-------------------------
In concentrationMountain climber clung to rockHe would not let go----------------------------
Inner and outerTen thousand phenomenaAccept them fully-----------------------------
The silent witnessAware of what comes and goesListening to thoughts...------------------------------
Rainclouds drift and dropStreaming rivers flow to seaDrifting and dreaming-------------------------------------
I have not yet foundThe discovery of Myself Who or what I am----------------------------------
What was I beforeI came to be what I amAt the present time---------------------------------
Or what I shall beIn another time and placeThat will still be this--------------------------------This today I amWas and forever shall beWhatever this is...
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Empty Spaces fullNothingness singing musicA wren on a post...--------------------------Gassho: (gah-'show) little wormWiggle, wiggle- burrowed deep In warm, moist earth ---------------------------------
Meadow lark's musicTeaches dharma talk to heartsOpen ears will hear---------------------------------------
Underground riverBeneath the surface of allFlowing forever---------------------------------
Sitting, just sittingLike a turtle on a logSitting in the sun....-------------------------------------
Many trees grow greenMountains, rivers, grains of sandA man walks about...---------------------------------------The world drinks in dew Falling freely from the sky Gladiolas grow ...-----------------------------------------
Today is the dayAll yester's and all 'morrows,Now breathe in breathe out...------------------------------------------
Home the clouds, the rainMisty-blue silent mornings, Everything is home-----------------------------------
Cloudy skies above Promising showers of life Amarillis waits-------------------------------------
Young but not restless,Elm trees on the hill grow tallThey are never bored---------------------------------------
Being and breathingLife in each and everythingNothing gained or lost----------------------------------
after may showersfall from jungles abovetiger lillies bloom
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Ducks on liquid lightPoured out from flasks of shadowMake mirror waters- ------------------------------------------- Trust the universeThen all at once you are free In things as they are------------------------------------------No blood, sweat and tearsNor a straining of the gut Take it easy, man!------------------------------
Self, what-fore art thou,Who, what, where, before today,Tell me self, tell me!---------------------------------Tell me, tell me, Tell!Who what where self, after thisWhat-fore art thou, self---------------------------Tell me, self, tell me!---------------------------------
There has never beenA honey bee that was bored No, I don't think so------------------------------------ See how earth itselfPractices right livelihood Therein lies the way-------------------------------- Sit on river bankLet all the earth rest a while Watch the stream go by
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No word can describe How lovely sweet is the earth O' how beautiful! ...-------------------------------------Myna bird on perchLooking eye to eye with meSpeaking words clearly-------------------------------------
Frog in shallow mudOf a little lotus pond Sitting very still------------------------------
Not thinking at allYet being here mindfullyWeeding spring garden ...
------------------------------------ Today a long walkUp one hill, down another Pick a big bouquet
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Yesterday's todayIn a blink "now' is no more Today's tomorrow ...-------------------------------------
On this warm spring dayThe trees and things in the woodsAre quieter than usual-------------------------------------------Somethings in the airCan it be showers coming?Now that it's April?
------------------------------------------------When blind feelings rageLike tornadoes, leave behindPath of destruction...------------------------------------------There's no other choiceSun comes up in the morningGoes back down at night...----------------------------------------Winter will twing outWhen dogwoods burst into bloomSomething's in the air...--------------------------------
There's a dream in blueTimelessly vivid and realSeen from a distance...----------------------------------------Today clouds of pinkNot in sky, but on a bushAzaleas in bloom.----------------------------------------------..With no thought of rainWill it come or will it notBuried acorns sprout..---------------------------------------.Breezes flow freelyOver hill and over daleCaressing the earth.------------------------------------------.
Limbs are torn awayThings scattered hither and yonIn a tornado...--------------------------------------Eyes open, eyes closedEyes almost shut but not quiteBody very still..-----------------------------------------
Fall going; Spring comeNeither summer nor winterEarth be very still...________________________below this line posted at blog:____Haiku ____http://haikutu.blogspot.com/2005/03/haiku-uptu-march-22.html___________________________With one touch of lifeThere's a blooming of flowersTime renews itself---------------------------------------Garden paths coveredWith white blossoms from a vineAir is soft and warm....--------------------------------------------One by one by oneWhite petals drift to the groundFrom a spring green tree...--------------------------------------
Older than the hillsYounger than a cloud in JuneThat's what springtime is...------------------------------------
On blue sky with frostWhiteclouds etched invitation...Goldenrods set sail-------------------------------
An ocean islandOnce lived, died and was buried Apple green like glass -----------------------------------------
Shadows of winterPass through between fall and springIt's not cold today...---------------------------------------------
Clouds float wetly downDropping water on the deckAlong with brown leaves :-)---------------------------------------- Salty salt of earthSprinkled sparsely into eggsReaching out for more..---------------------------------------
Ceiling fan turningLike a tropical movieWinter's not summer
-------------------------------------Apple dish applesRobert Frost gathered todayBaked into a pie ------------------------------------ Take care in writing Since stories always come true Sooner or later ;-)----------------------------------------------- Like seeds cast upon the earth They bring forth harvest ------------------------------------------
Moonbeams passing throughNight's web woven across paths Mosquitoes are caught ----------------------------------------------
Change comes creepingly;Softly, subtle like gray mist Rising from rivers------------------------------------------Change comes crashing downInto sweltering summer days Bolting from the sky -------------------------------------------Today dreamed a dream That it was in yesterday Today's tomorrow
----------------------------------------Drizzle rainfall darkEvening clouds hide floating moon Today breaks clearly
----------------------------------------Mind so clear, so RealWhere nothing can ever beYet where all is made-----------------------------------------subtle shadows fall upon bricks of backyard floorclouds gathering rain-----------------------------------------forests tall and greenforming patterns light and darknever two the same-----------------------------------Icy ice on treesA sight almost never seenIn land of sunshine-------------------------------------------In the cold darknessthese winter flowers preparedfor first day of spring-------------------------------
standing here I seespiraling leaf fall smoothly,settle down to earth------------------------------------------
Out of avalancheSee white light of cold mountain In the nick of time--------------------------------------------
This happens daily when I walk around the pond my little dog barks------------------------------------------
little lizard green looking for something to eat we are together-------------------------------------------
nothing is a thing freedom is only a word wait a moment. now. ----------------------------------
an infinite point potential for anything always free to be -----------------------------------
Freedom in lightness also in dark of night times free in the moment ----------------------------------magpies chatter hightreetops host them for an hour peace and quiet returns-----------------------------------
out in the swamplandwhere tall, tall tulip trees grow moon is bright at top----------------------------------------
smell the spring-plowed earthprepared for planting the seedsof our daily bread----------------------------------------
tiny pebbles smooth,covering bottom of creek-made of time and tide-----------------------------------------
Fog softens gardenpaths lead footsteps into misttulips bathe in dew------------------------------------------
Morning Sun scattersgolden droplets of itselfupon sea and sand--------------------------------------
Moon in well reflectdeepness of silence withinsecret is revealed-------------------------------------
feathery soft darkshades of night fall swiftly downmoon rise to treetop------------------------------------------------
A rain in the night dripping, dripping, dripping in through leaky rooftop---------------------------------------
Seeds drying in sunsaving the turtle's futurefor another day-------------------------------------
footprints in wet sandbeside frothy surf watersswallowed by in-tide ------------------------------------
late afternoon sunturning golden light on worldmaking all things rich
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Empty spaces fullAs winter is full of springTulips fill spaces--------------------------------------------
. splashing through puddles little basho's laugh delights future poets learn ------------------------------------------ Locust on Pinetree A setting sun watches you crawl out of your shell ------------------------------------------ earth is moistly warm air of spring full of promise tomorrow will grow -------------------------------------------- delicate wings move lightly upon the morning night sky fly away-------------------------------------------
misty blue distance shadowy forms taking shape light dawns silently-----------------------------------------
Mountain tops rise highClouds wrap crests in scarves of mist Seekers scale the heights-------------------------------------------
Huge red orb of Sol Sinking slowly into sea Sails are quietly furled-----------------------------------------
Path winding ahead What will be around next turn? destiny awaits-------------------------------------------
Brown pine straw fallingall over dry forest floor lightning strikes the fire------------------------------------
myriadic pathwayszigzag all over the earthmany intersect-----------------------------------
The world is waitingFor sunrise to light the skyRosy fingered dawn---------------------------------------
little bird sleepingsafe in vee of limb and treespring rain falls wetly-----------------------------------------------
Tall and willowybending in the wind of springbudding tender leaves-----------------------------------------
little lark singing,as "rosy fingered dawn" breaks sing hymns to heaven! ---------------------------------------
My kitchen clock birdsA christmas gift from sweet heartssing upon the hour--------------------------------------------
Little fish in bowlswimming around and around pour self in river ---------------------------------------- I knit one, purl twoweaving a warm shawl for youbecause I love you-----------------------------------------
candles softly glowfrom their place upon the shelfshedding warmth and light