1. Hosomi–Slenderness
left me
to woo the moon
–first firefly
.
.
.
2. Shibumi –Astringency
they grow lean;
fireflies learning
of love
3. Yugen ––Beauty suffused with ineffable mystery
these shooting stars!
even fireflies
are watching
4. Transcendence
without regret
––at once
every firefly!
5. Equivalence
first fireflies––
she signals
even in the cemetery
6. Fueki ryuko ––Changing and unchanging
getting older
fireflies
lulling me to sleep
7. Impermanence
the blue bank
––two fireflies,
or one turning?
8. Suffering
the August moon
caught them all
the lost fireflies
9. Karumi –Lightness
stumble drunk
in leaves
the firefly’s day off
10. Transition
in the field
where my son played
first fireflies
11. Butsuga ichinyo –Oneness
at once
her heart,
the field of fireflies
12. Seeing
slowly, slowly
the last
firefly
13. Perceiving
whiteness––
fireflies rising
over the graves
14. Knowing
lightning on the horizon,
a firefly within reach
