in early morning light
you dance in the golden fields
of a brand new day
when we are young we struggle
when we are old we rejoice
Author Archives: The Baron
Ekphrastic Tanka 7: Funeral of a Buddha
the world is awake
the whole word awakening
this world waking dream
how many kalpas to come?
secrets revealed in the lights
Ekphrastic Tanka 6: Monastery
when you call to me
summoning present trumpets
my answer still echoes
reverberating valley wide
resonating through the clouds
Ekphrastic Tanka 5: Bodhgaya
we remember you
we voices in the river
flowing through centuries
what is lost can never speak
what is remembered: a dream
Tanka #4: Heaven’s Breath
given end of days
showing Heaven’s last gasp
rocks scattered like leaves
gods breathing timeless wonder
we wait below wordlessly
Ekphrastic Tanka #3: Eternity
Heaven entwines Earth
we creatures intertwining
bound unto glory
I see your eyes in my gaze
locked now in eternity
Ekphrastic Tanka #2: A Man’s Song
always in our mind
swirling ’round to end of time
you from whom we come
we come to you in time of need
giving you our precious seed
Ekphrastic Tanka #1: Hear my Ancient Call
hear my ancient call
from mists beyond the hermit’s cell
see the rising dawn
we who gaze with bated breath
journeying from one to all
YI JING: War in Ukraine April 2022
IMAGE
Mother Russia bending down to discipline unruly child
JUDGMENT
The time for words is past; now it is time for firm action
demonstrating core principles to restore order and good relations in
the family. Those who refuse such discipline may find themselves
banished since such enmity, which has been involving fratricide for
many years now, can no longer be tolerated.
World War Haiku: Donbass 2017
man in the moment
ruler of all he surveys
casting long shadows…
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