snow drifts -
an angel spreads
her wings

the glacier
calving an iceberg -
another candle

a stream
below the ice . . ..
spring whispers
 

roaring river . . .
one pebble at a time, 
carving temples

cat song
resonating in a dream . . .
summer moon

 

Ted van Zutphen grew up in the Netherlands, lives and has raised a family in the USA. He has observed life through the windshield of a bus for 32 years. Since his retirement last year he studies and writes haiku and other Japanese short form poetry.