Tulips drink fresh dew
from their colored cups each day
drunk in the garden
Gold Buddha sits there,
snow and ice as a white shroud,
Frozen compassion
In this tipsy world,
The cicada has gone mad--
screeching all day long.
Children who can see
The mountains where there are none,
Angels where there are.
For Ganime--
On a midnight road,
waves crash on an island shore,
Moonlight rings a bell
The green bamboo forests
Where the monkeys pray for peace
in temples of starlight
The moon's beloved,
Jupiter, writes love letters:
"Dear moon, I love you."