Losing the Electricity (sijo)

It is only just at dusk that the house lights quietly go out

so at first the darkening is gentle, not a sudden plunge
into blackness. We remember, this is how nature does it.

Haunting

The mellow notes of wind chimes at my door 
mingle with the sound

of young Haylee across the way
practising her recorder

in thin, insistent piping
like my little brother’s long ago.

At Home

(Sijo*)

The familiarity of home, garden, my two cats,

the little town where I live and the people who are my friends,

all these and autumn — ah, glorious autumn! — they nurture me.

*A three-line Korean form explained at dVerse Form For All: Out of Asia