Seven wild turkeys
 
cross the path in front of me,
 
flaunting spring plumage.

 
 
 

I walk in a path
 
that others have rejected—
 
winter solitude.

 
 
 

February dusk—
 
how long until plum blossoms
 
grace the garden path?

On the year’s first day

the last leaves fall from the oak,

obscuring my path.

 
 
 

A path before me
 
lights up with autumn color—
 
see, I skip for joy!

 
 
 

This stone in my path
 
will not keep me from going
 
the length of autumn.

 
 

Summer threnody—
 
drought-dead leaves drop one by one
 
on a dusty path.

 
 
 

New moon of August—
 
before me an unseen path
 
awaits my footsteps.

 
 
 

Triple-digit temps—
 
stones along the garden path
 
hold their heat all night.

 
 
 

Summer loneliness—
 
on this jasmine-scented path
 
no one walks with me.