Glancing Past
from the Blue Book
glancing past
bluer than sky
kingfisher 440
heedless of man
grass, clouds drifting
as are the stars 441
paradise
without war, famine
until then 443
worm justice
long cold days
of winter 444
the ache
in my arm
spring 445
missing
what passed by
... 446
sunset
Tane's cathedral
in trees 447
Tane's sunset
the worshipping
trees 447A
afternoon lake
unannounced flight
of feathers 448
lake in dusk
flight of feathers
unannounced 448A
first blossom
scent of
cut grass 453
winter lake
stone born
ducks 455
squiggles
at many ends
magnolias 456
leaves stir
blue between clouds
long necked ducks 457
sparrow
flies a knot around
the tree 459
flying a knot
around the tree
sparrow 459A
trees
birth of leaves
birds 464
giant moon
sealing
fathers day 465
behind curtains
waiting for
crickets encore 466
blossom so light tomorrow a bare tree 467
unnamed mountain
the wind swirls
all the same 468
no hope
for peach trees
apples will suffice 470
spring
this world of
waterfalls 471
the wind
across the ocean
I believe 472
butterfly
according each bloom
a hongi 475
fevers end
sleeping through
the sun 476
glorious sun
wing beats
show through 477
alpine streams
low mountain fields
in flower 479
wind swept
horizontal clothes
words flap too 480
tui call
how long until I
join the forest 481
so much to say
many coloured tulips
waning waning 482
blackbirds rejoice
scent of green grass
on mountain breeze 484
divinity
a hundred years
too early 485
(Basho died 1694 and was designated a god in the Shinto pantheon in 1793)
bird watching
I turn
the soil 486
camellia petals
how white the ground
before me 487
sibilant shore
veils shed winter rain
drowning all 488
spring cake stall
the dread of being
unattractive 489
spring rain
the sparrows
outmatched 491
buffeting winds
the occasional care
of sparrows 493
so so soft
I open the door
to moon light 498
golden moon
turning over
maple leaves 499
blackbird song
forecast for frost
in the hand 500
grandad's stories
autumn memories now
gather dust 502
day break
a street lamp runway
to the sun 503
just dawn
cow coats
of dew 504
first light
cherry blossom
awakens 505
thin sunset
reed blades
drip silver 506
kowhai hills
through smaller eyes
the sun 507
seasons pass
sandy wrinkles
smoothed 508
nowhere near Japan
for a moment snow caps
above the blossom 509
# seven fence
bamboo, blossom
so alike 510
what purpose war
spring crop duster
banks again 512
spring swell
broaching wave crests
tasting the salt 513
All poetry © Steven Clarkson 2014
from the Blue Book
glancing past
bluer than sky
kingfisher 440
heedless of man
grass, clouds drifting
as are the stars 441
paradise
without war, famine
until then 443
worm justice
long cold days
of winter 444
the ache
in my arm
spring 445
missing
what passed by
... 446
sunset
Tane's cathedral
in trees 447
Tane's sunset
the worshipping
trees 447A
afternoon lake
unannounced flight
of feathers 448
lake in dusk
flight of feathers
unannounced 448A
first blossom
scent of
cut grass 453
winter lake
stone born
ducks 455
squiggles
at many ends
magnolias 456
leaves stir
blue between clouds
long necked ducks 457
sparrow
flies a knot around
the tree 459
flying a knot
around the tree
sparrow 459A
trees
birth of leaves
birds 464
giant moon
sealing
fathers day 465
behind curtains
waiting for
crickets encore 466
blossom so light tomorrow a bare tree 467
unnamed mountain
the wind swirls
all the same 468
no hope
for peach trees
apples will suffice 470
spring
this world of
waterfalls 471
the wind
across the ocean
I believe 472
butterfly
according each bloom
a hongi 475
fevers end
sleeping through
the sun 476
glorious sun
wing beats
show through 477
alpine streams
low mountain fields
in flower 479
wind swept
horizontal clothes
words flap too 480
tui call
how long until I
join the forest 481
so much to say
many coloured tulips
waning waning 482
blackbirds rejoice
scent of green grass
on mountain breeze 484
divinity
a hundred years
too early 485
(Basho died 1694 and was designated a god in the Shinto pantheon in 1793)
bird watching
I turn
the soil 486
camellia petals
how white the ground
before me 487
sibilant shore
veils shed winter rain
drowning all 488
spring cake stall
the dread of being
unattractive 489
spring rain
the sparrows
outmatched 491
buffeting winds
the occasional care
of sparrows 493
so so soft
I open the door
to moon light 498
golden moon
turning over
maple leaves 499
blackbird song
forecast for frost
in the hand 500
grandad's stories
autumn memories now
gather dust 502
day break
a street lamp runway
to the sun 503
just dawn
cow coats
of dew 504
first light
cherry blossom
awakens 505
thin sunset
reed blades
drip silver 506
kowhai hills
through smaller eyes
the sun 507
seasons pass
sandy wrinkles
smoothed 508
nowhere near Japan
for a moment snow caps
above the blossom 509
# seven fence
bamboo, blossom
so alike 510
what purpose war
spring crop duster
banks again 512
spring swell
broaching wave crests
tasting the salt 513
All poetry © Steven Clarkson 2014