Breath

 
 
 

Geese in the flyway,
 
stir the garden with your breath!
 
Let the new corn come!

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Malcontent

 
 
 

On the garden gate
 
a malcontent cicada
 
raises a ruckus.

Dust

 
 
 

Backyard herb garden—
 
a passing meteor leaves
 
dust on the dill weed.

Melons

 
 
 

First day of summer—
 
melons near the garden wall
 
fatten in the sun.

Know

 
 
 

How much do you know,
 
blackbird on my garden gate,
 
of the storm to come?

Stains

 
 
 

deepening autumn—
 
sunlight the color of tea
 
stains the garden path

Coat

 
 
 

Deepening autumn—
 
the scarecrow in the garden
 
wears a coat of frost.