Flu Haiku

Germs descended here
Embattled body withers
May healing soon come

A Memorial Day Meditation

Upon these moments
Fields of grass with stone scribed names
Silence tells the tale

Reality

See culture’s mirror
Brutality’s rough edges
Reality’s pain

Nighttime in Shanghai

Nighttime in Shanghai
Light escaping darkness
Glittering brilliance

Seattle’s Skies

Misty clouds drifting
Stretched by fir and cedar boughs
Grasping longingly

Descending Sun

Darkness expanding
Growing from hidden places
Sunlight fades anew