Bernfried Prove "Aside"

Gusai

a spring day—
the doors of the great temple
opening

Gusai

Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006) Apparitions

Gojo

summer grasses;
along the path to the mountain temple
stone images of buddha

gojo

Alban Berg (1885-1935)

Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827)

in my native place
there's this plant as plain as grass
but blooms like heaven

Issa

Etsujin (1656?–1739)

An autumn eve;
She comes and asks,
"Shall I light the lamp?"

Xenakis: "Hibiki Hana Ma"

Matsuo Basho (1644-1694)

chestnuts of Kiso -
souvenirs for those
of the floating world

Basho

Sunset, Morton Feldman "Coptic Light" (1926-1987)

Leon Kirchner's First Piano Trio, Mvt. 2

Etsujin (1656?–1739)

only a chirping insect
told me it was night
so bright was the moon

Etsujin

Elliot Carter 90+

Iida Dakotsu (1885 - 1962)

summer skylarks
dart about the heavens
above the deep mountains

Iida Dakotsu

Harry Partch (1901-1974)

Miura Chora (1729-1780)

a storm-wind blows --
out from among the grasses
the full moon grows



Chora

Karlheinz Stockhausen 22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007)

Choko d. 1731

This final scene
I'll not see to the end...
my dream is fraying

Choko

Béla Bartók - String Quartet No. 4, III-IV

Matsuo Basho

husking rice
a child squints up
to view the moon

Basho

Takemitsu

Yosa Buson

light of the moon
moves west - flowers' shadows
creep eastward

Buson

John Cage (1912-1992)

Haiku by Nozawa Boncho d.1714

How cool cut hay smells
when carried through the farm gate
as the sun comes up

Boncho

GYORGY LIGETI

Basho

flower
under harvest sun - stranger
to bird, butterfly

Basho

Ross Bauer

farewell...
I pass as all things do
dew on grass

Banzan

Ivo Malec

the dragonfly
has dyed his body
autumn

Hori Bakusui

Ivo Malec

Malsky

Iannis Xenakis

Akito Arima

Iannis Xenakis

morning glory
when I look deeper
the world disappears


Geri Barton

PSYOP MTV HD Raven Video

the nature trail
disappearing into
his loud complaints

Robert Epstein, California

Morton Feldman "Music For Jackson Pollock"

contusions of the crypt

Magic Tom where's the Jack and the Ace?