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around town (haibun)
I hesitate. Stepping sideways through the unfamiliar door, I shuffle between sagging, purpose-built shelves, moving slowly to give my eyes time to adjust. A spill of cracked spines, piled one on top of the other fill floor-to-ceiling shelves marked by the occasional cock-eyed, hand-written sign promising some kind of order.
shadows
curtain the alcove –
a [...]
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she leans into him
as if to close the space
of a silver florin morning
when lovers must part
no longer quite themselves
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moonset May 2008
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a green spear
parts the earth
again, i think of you
hating the hopefulness
that erlicheer bring
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moonset May 2008
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our dreams grow
grey among the flotsam
and dead fish
lying on the rocks
with clouds in their eyes
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Moonset 2008
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bookshop –
out of the shadows
a beard coughs
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Moonset November 2007
grey day –
a toddler chased
by a red ball
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Moonset November 2007
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bike trail –
a dog walker
running
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Moonset November 2007
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in pajamas
mixing with friends
online
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Moonset November 2007
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nothing of you
but pressed flowers
and footprints—
violets soon will fill
these depressions
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MOONSET May 2008
Modern English Tanka November 2007
http://www.modernenglishtanka.com/digital/2007a/contents.html
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under leafless boughs
forget-me-nots self-seed
with vigour
after all this time
do i still cross your mind ?
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Moonset May 2008
Modern English Tanka November 2007
http://www.modernenglishtanka.com/digital/2007a/contents.html
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