Paiku

January afternoon
Sidles away
Scolded by blackbirds 

The year
Is going home
And so should I

Crescent moon
Sharp
As the owl's shriek 

 

I kick the rock
Just to be sure
We're both real 

Squirrels chase
Evening sunlight
From tree to tree

October dandelion
Waiting
At the bus stop

Looking for
Strawberries;
Finding
Ladybirds 

 

Plenty of room
In the river today
For the sky

 

A stray hair
On my hat brim
Waving at passers by 

Thistledown adventurers
Floating on
Sunshine 

Full moon
Blowing past
In the gale

Cat
Pauses
To ignore the thunder

 

Officious leaves
Count off the raindrops
In the darkening wood 

My head
Bigger
Since I washed my hat 

Reflection
Catches angler
Fishing for sky

Grasshoppers
Scrape the heat
Deeper into the meadow