at water’s edge,
snakes wrestle: writhing, twining,
but slipping the pin.
Roughhousing Snakes [Haiku]
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Category Archives: Senryu
Four Seasonal Haiku of Ryōkan [w/ Audio]
Spring
rainy days
make the monk Ryōkan
feel sad.
Summer
the moon in my window
is all the thief left behind.
Autumn
an autumn wind
chills the dangling persimmons,
and my testicles.
Winter
little birds have
gathered in the brushwood
on a snowy morn.
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Budding [Senryū]
budding limbs:
vibrant growth unseen from
the city beyond.
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Lil Beaming Faces [Senryū]
sun to flowers,
“now that I have your
attention… shine!”
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Old & Young [Haiku]
fresh white blossoms
& weathered hues of decay:
both old & young (like me.)
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True Balance [Senryū]
standing on one leg,
steadfast while squirrels mistake
one for a tree.
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River Differences (Or, Follow Your Lazy) [Senryū]
nature makes no
straight rivers; men make none
that meander.
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Pollinator [Haiku]
the bee wallows
in pollen like a drunk
sprawls on a bar’s floor.
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Moody Sunflower [Haiku]
the sunflower
that bows its head in the sun
feels pensive.
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Future River [Haiku]
the river trickles.
but its broad shoulders tell
of expectations.
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