William Alexander Poet Prose Poetry

Japanese Zen Garden

Japanese Zen Garden

I created this garden for you. 
With silent winds and a still heart.
Where radiance unfolds its fragrance,
filled with a sweet nosegay,
I offer you Egyoko-bowls of blessing,
Jewels of wisdom.

As we listen to the koto zither,
Plucks its strings, echoing through
through Bonsai trees, 
We feel Fuubutsushi takes hold:
The atmosphere is filled with objects
For your delight while reading haiku.

This invitation is my request to you:
whisper of the lotus, a moonlit pagoda,
Bamboo shades beside flowering sakura.
Cherry blossoms echoing the Jade River
Of ancestral tradition.

While we sit in a kanen moment
under the glowing moon,
The light reflects off a mediating 
Samurai statue.
Surrounded by karesansui, the day
landscape that prompts Shizuka,
A quiet calmness.

A still circle resets upon the pond,
And koto tones sing behind the 
Wind chimes in the yoake no shijima-
The profound quiet of daybreak-
at the end of the unfolding night
In absolute stillness.

Here, in Kokoro no Niwa-
the garden of the heart, my soul
amongst the forgotten notes,
We share Haru no Neiro:
The melody of spring.

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