Raven Haiku Poems

raven-smudged sky
a lone cricket chirp in
overgrown garden
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The lone reed bows low
Under insuffrable weight
the raven springs forth...

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("Eye of Raven", 2018, original encaustic)

Call and Response

Raven heart of blood
Where are you if not in me
Still you call my name

(12/13/23)
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(Upper slopes of Emeishan, China, 2017)

Six Pilgrim Poems

In the Park
Belly full of chi
sky with gentle rain waters
dancers like flowers

My Dzogchen Realization
“Ah, Ah” says Raven
in play,...

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hark the raven sings
 peering out from his hidden spot
 with dark beady eyes


8/15/23...

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ZEN DEATH HAIKU XI

These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku. 

Above the garden
the camellia tree blossoms
whitely...
—Uejima Onitsura, loose translation by Michael...

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a howling dawn wind
an owl screeched from the tree top ~
raptor rhapsody

rough river water
rapids tempt hungry eagles ~
dangerous prey dive

grey falcon feathers
hidden amongst forest pines...

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in strawberry dawn
yellow roses tinged with gold
midst trembling green leaves

blueberry skies and
afternoon's raven shadows
seagulls glide gilt bay

mulberry evening
as scarlet butterflies leave
with stars as their guide

blackberry...

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a bit of nature

churning waves dark sea
angry clouds roll overhead
nor'easter rages

dampness without rain
upon trimmed lawns in morning 
cool night air made dew

calling out warnings
perched on...

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a parrot
chattering nonsense
vibrant joker

a Minah bird
incessantly mocks
feathers fly

owl hoots 
from my oak tree
Minerva’s child

hummingbird
hovers by my window
faerie rides

a flying 
chevron reverberates
geese

faerie sits
in woodland contemplation
nature communes

a...

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black feathers take wing
to a white moon on the rise ...
there you are again




3/16/2022

(used howmanysyllables.com)...

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a soft fog lingers
amid memory’s gray stones
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ebony winged
aerobatic Ravens dance
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subtitle:  And YOU called ME a birdbrain?

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