saffron-colored carp
mill about the garden pond.
a cat watches...
Garden Carp [Haiku]
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Bamboo Thicket [Haiku]
a copse of bamboo
shades the mossy creek rocks,
deepening their green.
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Ema – 絵馬 [Haiku]
a Chinese Banyan,
belted with prayer plaques,
entreats but sky & soil.
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Roosters of Youth [Haiku]
when I was a child,
roosters aggressively charged;
now: they flee, clucking.
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Steam Treatment [Haiku]
the tree that reaches
over the hot spring-fed pond
thrives on steam treatment.
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Fluid Stillness [Haiku]
the flower bobs
on its long, stiff stem.
the sage is unmoved.
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Pollinator [Haiku]
the bee wallows
in pollen like a drunk
sprawls on a bar’s floor.
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Winter Clouds [Haiku]
winter clouds:
will they / won't they rain? or snow?
or just menace?
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Moody Sunflower [Haiku]
the sunflower
that bows its head in the sun
feels pensive.
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Bougainvillea Greetings [Tanka]
bougainvilleas
beside the grand temple steps
have dropped petals,
but it seems the gardners
never let them hit the ground.
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