A.J. Dickinson is a longterm resident of Kyoto who writes Daoist inspired poetry.  For previous poems featured on the website, see his Wisdom Crazed poems here or two Kathmandu earthquake poems here.

haunting haunting haunting me

timeless stars refracting night
light dawn emerging seas

passing sparkles rivulets grains
limitless insubstantial waves

forming anew molecular chains
again again every bubble fresh

ancient oceans foam
lush hardscrabble sands

shifting shores rhythms moments
light sound movement life loam

temporary in this here skin
crystalline resonance deep within

mourning haze renews
chrysalis dusk dawn gaze

origynal     cosmos     face
amazing wild quantum grace

dappled sunlight

1)
dappled light
monk spouts
2 women sit
drawing flowers
that just are

2)
dappled
light
falls

delicate
petals
open

scent
air

draw in
insects

re-cycle
life’s play

caress
eyes

bulbs/buds/rays/eyes
ongoing food delight surprise

here I sit
in a darkened room
strangely at ease
it could be a cave
ever present this breeze

ripples in the stream
made by wind by light rain
and what’s always flowing
underneath all around