Life Sequence

(In The Hokku Manner)

(Unready)

Close-folded fern ... So stiff; so coldly self-sustained: But summer passes.

(Motherhood)

Puss watches the world, Troubled: but knows she is linked To a miracle.

(Home)

Empty room; fire dies; Moon shines in; chairs and tables converse; Books croon songs.

(Awakening)

Gray old tree Has breasted winter storms; but is vaguely Worried by March.

(Memorial Tablet)

Sunshine on storied bronze: Love on the whirling earth: And you on my heart.