Thursday, April 26, 2012

Mountain Mist Haibun*

I was travelling back from Banner Elk in North Carolina to Washington, to catch or flight back to the UK, after my brothers wedding. We were driving over the Blue Park Ridgeway, high up, after heavy rain. The mist was hanging in the air and we could barely see 10 feet in front of us.

mist thick in the air,
traffic lights
come out of the gloom

*A Haibun is a short autobiographical narrative that accompanies and sets up the haiku.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Haiku whilst sitting in zazen

right Now,
expands to infinity
before me.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Haiku 10th April

flash and bang
rain falls like bullets
the thunderstorm has arrived.

Thursday, April 05, 2012

Haiku 5th April

Clouds black, wind gusts
Silence
The thunderstorm is coming.