bookshop (senryu)
.
.
.
bookshop –
out of the shadows
a beard coughs
~~~
Moonset November 2007
Archive for December, 2007
grey day (senryu)
grey day –
a toddler chased
by a red ball
~~~
Moonset November 2007
bike trail (senryu)
.
.
.
bike trail –
a dog walker
running
~~~
Moonset November 2007
in pajamas (senryu)
.
.
.
in pajamas
mixing with friends
online
~~~
Moonset November 2007
the dogwood (tanka)
.
.
.
tall and straight now
i wish you could see
the dogwood you planted
before it’s shadow bends
in the winter wind
~~~
December 2007
modern english tanka volume2 number
in the shallows (tanka)
.
.
.
in the shallows
where once we danced
tiny shells jostle
murmuring of cold
and distance
~~~
December 2007
modern english tanka volume2 number 2
of purple (tanka)
.
.
.
the taste of purple
in a grape explodes
at dawn
i go from waiting to not
loving you
~~~
December 2007
modern english tanka volume2 number 2
the red remains (tanka)
.
.
.
sunning himself
a blackbird on a sheep’s back
in tall wheat grass
the red remains
of an old plough
~~~
December 2007
modern english tanka volume2 number 2
sorting through (tanka)
.
.
.
sorting through things—
your promise to return
and forget-me-nots
harder to discard
than your photos
~~~
Modern English Tanka January & November 2007
http://www.modernenglishtanka.com/digital/2007a/contents.html
nothing of you (tanka)
.
.
.
~
nothing of you
but pressed flowers
and footprints—
violets soon will fill
these depressions
~~~
MOONSET May 2008
Modern English Tanka November 2007
http://www.modernenglishtanka.com/digital/2007a/contents.html
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