Lines

by Veronika Zora Novak

the sadness
of cormorant fishing . . .
Nagara River

Lines

by Veronika Zora Novak

burdened
with a dark dew . . .
plum blossoms

Lines

by Veronika Zora Novak

crouching feral cat
the swaying glow 
of pampas grass 

Lines

by Veronika Zora Novak

a monkey's hiss
that is not there . . .
dusk in bamboo

Lines

by Veronika Zora Novak

weeping
till we no longer dream . . .
winter koi

Lines

by Veronika Zora Novak

shaped
by mountain fog . . .
a raven's caw

Lines

by Veronika Zora Novak

cradled
by a peacock's cry . . .
full moon

Lines

by Veronika Zora Novak

Kawarthas
a wolf's deep winter tracks
rewritten

Lines

by Veronika Zora Novak

a snowy owl shriek
unsettles bones . . .
night deepens

Lines

by Veronika Zora Novak

3 a.m.
cherry blossoms hung heavy
with snow