March 2024 – lilies, sparrows and grass

Love Haiku 4:6

Love Haiku 4:6

still the tender gaze
after a thousand winters
eternal springtime

i walk in twilight
the rain and wind pelt my face
your footsteps draw near

your love the fragrance,
scarlet blood upon the rose
life everlasting

D. G. Vachal © 2024

Spring Song

suddenly daffodils,
tulip green lapels
under morning sunlight:

songbirds alight
leafless branches
bursting
with tender tree-buds —

can you hear the voice
of the turtle dove?

my heart pirouettes
with gladness
because the promise remains
unbroken:

morning joy comes
after nighttime
weeping

winter’s dark despair
once again
births a million
almond blossoms.

D. G. Vachal © 2024

Imagery by Alexander Gresbek

Love Haiku 1:3

time of plum blossoms
you hold my hand as we stroll
fragrance fills the air

love letter arrives
so many moons I waited
bamboo leaves quiver

you cast a pebble
a ripple born in waters
drowns in blue ocean

Come Back to the Garden

Come back to the garden
you have forgotten
after moments have passed
innumerable
as the evening stars —

behold:
the tear-drenched ebony loam
blossomed into clouds
of fragrant peonies,
fallen lilac petals
awakened
topaz and amethyst lilies —

Come back to the garden
you have forgotten
there you will find me
gathering the flowers.