Thursday, February 14, 2013

Haiku


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                                                 moon gazing
                                                 fogging up the cold window
                                                 with my breath

Daily Haiku, June 8, 2011

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Tanka


                                               
                                          the elderly widow
                                          prefers red instead of black
                                          her grief hidden;
                                          she has gentlemen for tea
                                          who sometimes stay the night

Notes from the Gean, autumn 2009

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Tanka



                                          through stained glass windows
                                          rainbow lights for the bride
                                          reciting the vows
                                          I slip my hand in yours
                                          saying words said years before

Stylus Poetry Journal March  2003
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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Haibun


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                                             WINTER DAWN

Neither birds, nor wind, nor humans moving in the smoky grayness.  A duvet of white spread across the landscape.  All shapes softened, angles rounded. Fences and obstacles obliterated opening the way to forever. 

                                             a chugging plow
                                         begins the climb uphill–
                                             feet on the cold floor
 
Contemporary Haibun Online, April 2012

 

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Haiku



                                        blizzard winds
                                        skeletal trees
                                        rooted in snow

Taj Mahal Review December, 2008
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Haiga

A Hundred Gourds