Sunday, June 9, 2013

Rain Tao


Tao is like rain.

Too little dries us out
and makes us brittle.

Too much soaks deep
enough to reach the heart.

1 comment:

  1. The Easy Way Out

    After a humid
    Arkansas day, to sit on
    The back porch in rain.

    Feel the prickly sting
    Of saturated air, cheeks
    Flush with sponge breath.

    The horizon tops
    Its sampan smile, bamboo splints
    Cracking bones to musk.

    The ink of spilled rain
    Dollops running pictograms
    On the kimono.

    Silk bolts unscroll scones
    Baked by Sistine Irish nuns
    In swan sacrifice.

    [Disposable Haiku June 9, 2013]
    Dr. Mike

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