morning stillness –
the white orchid growing
in a coconut husk
fog lifting –
a mahout talks
to his elephant
a piercing cry
from the early street
'brooms! brooms!'
waiting for the ashes
the mourner feeds
a temple dog
11 a.m.
tree sparrows clean
the dog's rice bowl
Thai yard sale –
a basket of mangoes
and a banana flower
distant thunder
a lone dove preens
under the lettuce tree
almost dusk
in the window
a Buddha's silhouette
evening meditation –
on the garage roof
a sound of claws
September dawn
in the medicine cabinet
wall-lizard eggs |