Kakio Tomizawa

Oh, dreamlike winter butterfly:

a puff of white snow

cresting mountains.

The badly chipped bowl

is fragile as it's put back

gold veins encrusted

Michael R. Burch

I am a traveler

going nowhere-- 

but my how the gawking bystanders stare!

Hisajo Sugita

I remove my beautiful kimono:

its varied braids

surround and entwine my body

One becomes the sun

Shines light into a man's heart

Invaluable

The joy in seeing

rain is different now than the

showers in April

Masaoka Shiki

We cannot see the moon

and yet the waves still rise

Arakida Moritake

An orphaned blossom

returning to its bough, somehow?

No, a solitary butterfly.

Matsuo Basho

Whistle on, twilight whippoorwill,

solemn evangelist

of loneliness

Steven Pressfield

I'm keenly aware of the Principle or Priority, which states (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important, and (b) you must do what's important first. What's important is the work.

Cool mid-summer wind

Fans the willow branches for

the fuzzy orange moon

Matsuo Basho

The moon: glorious its illumination!

Therefore, we give thanks.

Dark clouds cast their shadows on our necks.