Karumi Garden Haiku

Karumi is the Japanese word for "lightness". The famous Japanese poet Basho used it to mean

"the beauty of ordinary things spoken of in a simple way".

(from Aha Poetry.)

Saturday, August 02, 2008

loud summer thunder
the dog jumps up on my lap
the tension's broken

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

collapsing star
focused; centered energy
paths converge
the small house
time for letting go--
yellow kitchen
through my brain
crystalline sounds drift...
your music

Friday, July 11, 2008

I sit with the goose
who wears the green bandanna
I hold the knitted shawl
the jeweled colors dance
in the bright and airy room
new hope

Thursday, April 10, 2008

We beg her--get help!
Horrified, she circles the
wagon of one.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

in the cold
optimistic bird
singing loudly

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

exhausted and still
in the encroaching darkness--
reaching out to God

Monday, December 03, 2007

Moving towards the light,
I drive away from darkness--
rainbow in my rear view.