Seven Sunday Senryu

the cardinals nest in a leafless white birch tree …awaiting sunrise wandering cow paths a cobblestone history …fog on the water A sleepy sunrise slow dances with the dust motes …an unopened book an old barking dog hears not its distant echo …chasing memories billowing beauty seen through the eyes of children …passing clouds perform domesticated a window cat licks itself …predatory death An ancient Elm knows Time scars all that it touches …with its gnarly grasp John G. Lawless ©4/12/2023