leaf flutters
in open window
steaming coffee

reflection laughs
at my discomfort-
empty bowl

sunlight brings
enlightenment to room-
forgotten mop

kitchen Bodhisattva
serves up dharma-
evening star

Not happy with original posting (see below)

serving dharma
kitchen Bodhisattva
evening star

dawn–
mimicking me awakening
cloudy sky

The below haiku from Issa was my inspiration. Plus I really do not want to start the day. 🙂

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dawn–
mimicking me striking fire
croaking frog

ariake ya hi wo utsu mane wo naku kawazu

.有明や火を打つまねを鳴く蛙

by Issa, 1819

This haiku is difficult to picture and, therefore, to translate. My best guess is that Issa is starting a fire at dawn. Every time he hits a “fire chip” (tsukegi-tsuki)–a chip of cypress wood coated with sulphur–a nearby frog answers with a croak.

smoke floating
over the flowers-
memories

At O-higan “fall equinox” service today. Seeing the smoke from the incense caused me to reflect on fall’s past.

trapped between
the viaducts-
urban blight