Tail turned to red sunset on a juniper crown a lone magpie cawks

Mad at Oryoki in the shrine-room -- Thistles blossomed late afternoon

Put on my shirt and took it off in the sun walking the path to lunch

A dandelion seed floats above the marsh grass with the mosquitos

At 4 A.M. the two middleaged men sleeping together holding hands

In the half-light of dawn a few birds warble under the Pleiades

Sky reddens behind fir trees, larks twitter, sparrows cheep cheep cheep
Cheep cheep.