All day long the wind
 
keeps up its fearsome roaring,
 
blowing crows off course.

 

 
 
 

Keeper of the winds,
 
can you change the river’s course?
 
Can you shatter stars?

 

 
 
 

Buffeted by wind,
 
a crow on its homeward way
 
steers a crooked course.

Gust

 
 
 

unexpected gust
 
driving the boy’s paper boat
 
off course forever

Walking Stick

 
 
 

Bring your walking stick
 
to test the course before you—
 
hot and high the winds.

Running

 
 
 

Running the same course
 
as the river through the woods—
 
who can follow it?