bashō

somewhere between
late winter and early spring
snowfall on snowdrops 

following a monarch
through a meadow of milkweed 

midsummer evening
the scent of lavender
full of kids' titter 

adobe ruins
lupine growing
in the living room 

deep autumn mountain heathers
catch last threads of gossamer 

red spider lily
the last bee stumbles
through its petals

Rafał Zabratyński
Garry Gay