LIFE SEQUENCE
(In The Hokku Manner)
(UNREADY)
Close-folded fern ...
So stiff; so coldly self-sustained:
But summer passes.
(Motherhood)
Puss watches the world,
Troubled: but knows she is linked
To a miracle.
(Home)
Empty room; fire dies;
Moon shines in; chairs and tables converse;
Books croon songs.
(Awakening)
Gray old tree
Has breasted winter storms; but is vaguely
Worried by March.
(Memorial Tablet)
Sunshine on storied bronze:
Love on the whirling earth:
And you on my heart.