Wisdom

One teacher said to the other, "How did you get so wise?"
The teacher replied, "I'm not wise, you just perceive me as such."
The teacher continued, "It is your wisdom you see in me, you just haven't called it your own yet."

Connie Buchenroth 2011

a walk before sunset
the dog's shadow
has big, long legs

Joanna Key, 2010

This lifetime of ours is transient as autumn clouds
To watch the birth and death of beings
Is like looking at the movements of a dance
A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky
Rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain

Buddha

buddhas come to me
in dreamy sleep
dancing around like wind
speaking words
I cannot remember
when I rise from my bed

Connie Buchenroth, 2010

Haiku

Canada geese fly
due north along white cloud lines
prayer flags to the spring

Ti Wig, 2010

Seasonal Haiku

icy black snow boulders
from wheel wells of cars
kicking them in the street

Joanna Key, 2010

Haiku

morning fog hosts dawn
prairie grass, spirit rising
breathing in and out

Connie Buchenroth, 2009