what might I seek
if I am seen to wander
across the hills?
it is no great matter ~
I have lost only my way
I may find it hidden
somewhere in the deep grass
of yesterday
Stephen Brooke ©2025
Sort of in the tradition of Japanese linked poems. Some of those go on for quite a few more lines than this, sometimes with multiple authors!
Three short poems:
I watch sparks fly
from the relentless
wheels
of the universe
sometimes I stand too
close
and pretend they are
aimed at me
Stephen Brooke ©2024
the moon and the sea
reach ever toward
each other
yet may not embrace
Stephen Brooke ©2024
lesser of evils~
life is a succession
of such choices
Stephen Brooke ©2024
a moment that should
have lasted forever
has come and gone
(note: this is not totally original but a line from a T’ang Dynasty poem rephrased as a senryu)
time turned upside down
the hours spilling on the floor
who will sweep them up?
Stephen Brooke ©2024
right may well be right
and wrong is certainly wrong
who says which is which?
success and failure
are but stops along the road
the journey goes on
to believe in good
is no more logical than
to believe in god
Stephen Brooke ©2024
zappai is a catch-all name for poems written in the form of haiku and senryu
