Buddha’s Birthday . . . 
even a monkey sits still
seeking answers
 

sleeping Buddha . . . 
two squirrels chasing
each other
 

spring night . . . 
puppy’s belly rises
and falls 
 

autumn wind . . . 
the name tag on a lost
cat’s neck
 

start of winter…
inch by inch, the fog
swallows the sun

John J. Han is Professor of English & Creative Writing at Missouri Baptist University and a haiku instructor at Washington University in St. Louis. An award-winning poet, he has authored three poetry volumes: Little Guy Haiku, Chopsticks and Fork, and Thunder Thighs.  His Japanese-style poems have appeared in the Mainichi Daily News, Mariposa, GEPPO, The Laurel Review, Confluence, Spare Mule,Grist, and numerous other periodicals and anthologies.