31 October 2011

crumbs



In a Singapore mall
Sparrows chasing crumbs-
Am I not the same?



30 October 2011

hotel


Morning reminder-
Same as childhood room,
The hotel wall.



29 October 2011

Golden


Parisien trees-
Golden coats no different
Than in the Drรดme.



28 October 2011

soft


Ceiling homes-
Soft corners
Sleeping spiders.



27 October 2011

enjoy


Trying to enjoy
The Autumn rain 
Indoors.



26 October 2011

troubles



East wind!
With the Autumn leaves
Take my troubles too.





endless

25 October 2011

24 October 2011

wind



Autumn leaves-
Just when they look great
The wind steals them.



23 October 2011

Sirocco



The Sirocco
Keeping the birds 
At home.



22 October 2011

tears



A pile of leaves
Under cherry tree-
Tears of Autumn.

21 October 2011

oak



The red sun
Eaten by the oak trees
Of Autumn.



20 October 2011

marble


Vespa,
No gloves this morning-
Hands made of marble!



19 October 2011

18 October 2011

trim


Trim the hedge-
If only so simple
Trimming mind!


17 October 2011

hands


Beat up, these hands-
Vengeful blackberry bush
And jealous roses.



16 October 2011

suddenly



Autumn suddenly-
The solitary robin
In twos and threes!



we're all goats!

15 October 2011

dreams


No reverence
For sweet dreams this night-
Morning sparrows.



5:46 AM

14 October 2011

teeth


In an Autumn field
Staring at nag's head-
Seeing my own teeth.



13 October 2011

Invisible


October moon-
Someone with a flashlight
Invisible.



12 October 2011

Looming


First light-
An ant's shadow
Looming large.



into air

11 October 2011

alive



Had I not cleaned
The window, a small robin
Might still be alive.




10 October 2011

Form



Form as they must-
Morning clouds
And spider webs.



09 October 2011

starlings

Smacked!



Twilight garden-
While cutting roses back
Smacked by the new moon.



08 October 2011

gone



A lover gone- 
A cold meal
The next day.



07 October 2011

bashful



Hardly bashful
A crimson sun drops its pants
Into Autumn clouds.



power to the people!

06 October 2011

smart


Smart butterfly-
Leaves from the same window
Through which it comes.



05 October 2011

dew


Glued to grass
The Autumn leaves
In morning dew.



04 October 2011

splat!


Splat! 
Next to young moon
On the windshield.



hockey!

03 October 2011

young


It stills the heart 
To execute 
Saplings.



02 October 2011

hair


Hair loss-
Two old friends lament- 
The autumn stealing leaves!



01 October 2011

judge


Hooting contest!
How am I to judge
The midnight owls?



past and present

30 September 2011

red


The red wallpaper!
A party balloon!
Autumn sun.



29 September 2011

This is GREAT

owl


Without an owl,
How could I measure
My midnight silence?


28 September 2011

daddy-long-legs



Poor daddy-long-legs
Had no idea you were
In the kitchen sink!



27 September 2011

pear



No admirers- 
The pregnant pear tree
Forlorn. 



26 September 2011

earrings


Autumn sunrise
When cedar trees wear earrings
Made of small birds.



cyclotrope

25 September 2011

Wrestle



Morning drama-
Watching myself watch an ant
Wrestle with a spider.



24 September 2011

oak


How delicate-
An ivy tiptoes up
The mighty oak.



Grand Stupa Kathmandu




In the Fall of 2007 while staying in Kathmandu with my old friend Lucy Needham I developed a habit of walking around the Grand Stupa each evening. It's located in an area known as Bodhanath where the Tibetan exiles congregate when coming to Nepal (who are still fleeing Tibet). Throughout the day the Stupa is a kind of circular magnet around which refugees, holy people and tourists alike walk in a clock-wise direction. Twilight seems to bring out everyone and it is an especially magical moment. I felt compelled to return each afternoon from a day of drawing in different parts of town. I was drawn back to the pungent night air filled with incense and a multitude of a sensations; the cacophonous sound of traffic horns and jet planes mingling freely with the chanting already thick in the air. 

23 September 2011

small


Tonight an owl
Keeping watch 
Over small things.



22 September 2011

roots



With no roots
Nor flowers
Free, yet dead.



21 September 2011

dress size

wings


You too butterfly?
Befuddled wings in fig tree-
The fermented bliss!


20 September 2011

bees



Go away I say
To the drunken bees
Of fermented figs.



19 September 2011

family

purr


The purr of crickets
In between gaps
Of autumn wind.



18 September 2011

praying



A praying mantis
On the same flower pot
As yesterday.



17 September 2011

Jorge Luis Borges

touch


Under the tree-
Figs which not even the birds
Will touch.



16 September 2011

yawn


Faced with 
The round moon
Nothing but a yawn.



15 September 2011

glow


A splendid moon
Yet the village windows glow
With television.



Cute Creta

14 September 2011

feet



New shoes-
All day, poor feet
Wearing coffins.


Uganda

13 September 2011

titmouse



Neighbors quarrel
Overwhelmed by 
Several titmouse.



12 September 2011

ivy


By the war memorial
A soldier's stone hand
Bound by ivy.