autumn (haiga 1)

revised above (and accepted for publication)

beyond the silence (tanka)

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the moan
of a foghorn
beyond the silence
I dream your whispers
wake me

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http://www.threelightsgallery.com/
3lights gallery Jan-March 2008

bookshop (senryu)

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bookshop –
out of the shadows
a beard coughs

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Moonset November 2007

grey day (senryu)

grey day –
a toddler chased
by a red ball

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Moonset November 2007

bike trail (senryu)

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bike trail –
a dog walker
running

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Moonset November 2007

in pajamas (senryu)

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in pajamas
mixing with friends
online

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Moonset November 2007

the dogwood (tanka)

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tall and straight now
i wish you could see
the dogwood you planted
before it’s shadow bends
in the winter wind

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December 2007
modern english tanka volume2 number

in the shallows (tanka)

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in the shallows
where once we danced
tiny shells jostle
murmuring of cold
and distance

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December 2007
modern english tanka volume2 number 2

of purple (tanka)

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the taste of purple
in a grape explodes
at dawn
i go from waiting to not
loving you

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December 2007
modern english tanka volume2 number 2

the red remains (tanka)

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sunning himself
a blackbird on a sheep’s back
in tall wheat grass
the red remains
of an old plough

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December 2007
modern english tanka volume2 number 2