sweeping
through the valley...
red winds,
fanning the shadows
of withered flowers

wet eyes
peer over a white mask ...
the shadows
of mushroom clouds,
shrouding the sun

stepping
out of the shower,
the image
of my youth distills
on the mirror

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.