crocheting
the dusky sky-
tree swallows

strolling . . .
the slow fall of a
chestnut leaf

winter gloam
the horse's breath
clouds the moon

twilit dusk;
after the birdsong . . .
the brook

feeding a
phalanx of flies-
a ripe banana

Manoj Saranathan is a student of Zen and photography and is deeply inspired by the life and work of Daido Loori Roshi. Originally from India, he now lives in San Francisco and is a medical physicist by profession.