the shape of a life
one sparkling…
Author: Annette Makino
Annette Makino is a poet and artist who writes haiku and senryu and illustrates her poems with Japanese ink paintings. Her pieces, comprising a few words and brushstrokes, convey a quiet Zen perspective and gentle sense of humor. There is a gallery of her work at www.makinostudios.com.
sun-striped path
the forest’s…
to love this body
just as …
deep river
the places
that…
bright green needles
on …
fox tracks …
who was…
beach umbrella
all day the…
plain brown bulb
the mystery…
mountain meadow ten thousand…
redwood time . . .
the steady…
mouth of the river
an ever-changing…
daffodil shoots
parts of…
water and stone
how we shape…
the crunch of frost
bare …
eye exam
in the dark he compliments…
home from errands —
a hero’s…
end of yoga
one of the corpses…
the time we are given…
sparks…
summer bonfire
the Christmas…
hanging in my closet the …
windswept dunes
the difference…
campaign sign
the dog registers…
cowlick
some part of me
still…
river current I practice…
cold winter rain
the swollen…
highway markers
how quickly…