The woods in the rain

The sound of the raindrops on my umbrella

made music to my ears.

The clear powerful sound of the stream

Flowing into the lake made another note.

Or, I heard possibly the last chorus of the locust, too.

The sound of raindrops on the broad paulownia leaves,

The sound of raindrops on the long machilus leaves,

The silver crystal on the pine needles,

And,

Their Chorus made me happy!

So, the woods always greet me with such a delight.

 Autumn Woods

Falling leaves taught a small bird on the branch 

How to fly to land on the earth, by dancing in the air.

The fallen leaves down on the gentle wave of the water

In the creek scaring the small school of fish, 

And then the fallen leaves taught the fish, 

How to ride the down-streaming to the lake.

I learned the art of falling

As Judo's first lesson in my high school days.

Now, I try to learn how to float, down-streaming,

Peacefully toward the lake.

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 In the Woods

I see a blind man walking the trail with a long white cane.

The woods must offer all kinds of pleasures to everyone.

Today, I see a young woman jogging the trail with one normal leg and another artificial.

She smiles when our eyes meet.

God bless them!

I am the last person to be blessed among the three.

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 A Scene in the Woods

He can hide the acorns, no one can find them.

Smart fellow!

When there is an invader, he can find a spot to hide on top of a tree,

In a blink of the eye.

Smart fellow!

He can fly from a branch of one tree to another, 

Quicker than a bird.

Really smart fellow he is!

Wonder if the squirrel is the ancestor of the bird.

Or, the bird is ancestor of squirrel. 

God even gifted a pair of wings to dinosaurs

Did He mean to make all the living thing angels?

And then,

Wonder if He collected all the wings back.

Or, there were too many bad guys trying to fly away. 

When we watch the squirrels flying with no wings

I could be careless of what Darwin said in his theory.

I am just happy.

Smart fellows make my life happier, at times

in my woods.