Haiku
Listening to the summer smooth
sounds of water
over creekside pebbles.
To Issa --
A raindrop
long submerged
glistens again in the spring tide.
Falling in the wind --
the water roars
rushing the leaves seaward.
A raindrop
hits the pavement
smoothing its roughness.
- Charles Martell
___________________________________________________________

click here to return to the previous page