Category Archives: haiku

Sunrise Fisher [Haiku]

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A fisherman paddling a canoe on the Rudrasagar Lake (a.k.a. Twijilikma) in Melaghar, Tripura, India. 
weary fisherman 
 paddles sunrise-tinged lake
  to cast nets.

Hermit’s Face [Haiku]

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hermit's face forms
 amid river ripples:
  fades like dream remnant.

Weeds [Haiku]

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summer grasses
 wave atop a once mighty fort
  that's gone to seed.

Bats [Haiku]

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Bats at Bateshwar Temple Group, Morena, (near Gwalior,) Madhya Pradesh, India.
ancient temple:
 bats strafe ambulators;
  wing flaps puff on bare scalp.

Eddies in the Stream [Haiku]

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clear water glides
 over a rocky streambed:
  eddies form & fade.

Pond Level: Summer [Haiku]

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ring of sand
 around the pond:
  cooked down by Summer.

Calabash Time [Kyōka]

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bowl in the right
 calabash in the left:
  drunkard empties
 & then fills his cup --
 amid missing time.

Taillight Kitty [Haiku]

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two little kittens
 crawl the undercarriage 
  of a dump-truck.

Dog-Rose [Haiku]

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lone Dog-rose bloom
 sways in a Spring breeze,
  lulling into trance.

Doghead Cloud [Haiku]

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Taken on the road between Cao Bang and the Pác Bó loop in Northern Vietnam.
doghead cloud
 pops up over the hill;
  as bike speeds along.