the point of no point

no point in walking
around and around the pond
and that is the point

colorful black and white

black ducks and white ducks
a colorful addition
to pond on gray day

drinks water only

drinks water only
Walt Whitman said of his friend
and Abe Lincoln smiles

Buddha's no-rebirth day

today is Buddha's
birthday celebrating his
freedom from rebirth

around the pond

no path to the pond
the path goes around the pond
and around, around

early summer

summer arrives early
spring doesn't even know it
in the wings fall waits