At my journey’s end,
 
a cricket in the kitchen
 
seems to welcome me.

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Milkweed

 
 
 

Near December’s end
 
a milkweed pod bursts open,
 
scattering its seeds.

Moth

 
 
 

A blazing candle
 
lures an unsuspecting moth
 
to its fiery end.

End

 
 
 

Little brown sparrow,
 
when I reach my journey’s end,
 
will you greet me there?

Sick

 
 
 

sick of the journey
 
seeking healing at day’s end
 
in a dreary inn

Mirror

 
 
 

wiping the mirror
 
with her old spring kimono—
 
end of the affair

Watching

 
 
 

watching words fly by
 
as though they were skeins of geese
 
fleeing summer’s end