Inahata Teiko

Silently observing

the bottomless mountain lake:

water lilies

Yamazaki Sōkan

O, fluttering moon,

if only we

could hang a handle on you,

what a fan you would be!

Kikusha-ni

Spring

stirs the clouds

in the sky's teabowl

Luke Cage

It's as if there are two wolves living inside you.

One wolf is good. He only fights when it is right to do so.

The other wolf is hateful. He fights no matter the reason.

It's as if these two wolves are both fighting to dominate you spirit. 

And the boy asks his grandfather, "Which wolf is stronger?"

And the grandfather looked into his grandson's eyes, and he said,  "It's the one you feed."

The sound of angels

Fingers touching the glass rims

Fills the empty room

Kajiwara Hashin

No sky,

no land: 

just snow eternally falling...

Yamazaki Sōkan

Soundlessly they go, 

the herons passing by:

arrows of snow

filling the sky.

stalking in the dark

threatens my quality sleep

shadow-ish nugget

Matsuo Basho

A spring wind

stirs willow leaves

as a butterfly hovers unsteadily.

Michael R. Burch

Honeysuckle

blesses my knuckle

with affectionate dew