the herd grazes
as Spring rains start to fall;
none looks up.
Grazers [Senryū]
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Huge but Hiding [Haiku]
beyond the city,
a massive mountain looms,
pretending to be clouds.
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“Acquainted with the Night” by Robert Frost [w/ Audio]
I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain -- and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.
I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,
But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still at an unearthly height,
One luminary clock against the sky
Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night.
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Skyline [Haiku]
from across the bay,
the skyline looks dim; then, it's
glowing on your face.
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Flower Cascade [Haiku]
pink flowers cascade
over a quiet pond:
feels like Spring
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“Ascending Happiness Plateau” by Li Shangyin [w/ Audio]
At day's end, feeling ill-at-ease,
Riding a cart to the plateau.
The setting sun fires glorious skies,
But a yellow dusk is coming.
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Lightness [Haiku]
Bush Bird Math [Senryū]
a bird in a bush:
does it know it’s worth
half a bird in hand?
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“There was an Old Man with a beard” by Edward Lear [w/ Audio]
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, "It is just as I feared! --
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!"
NOTE: This poem no. 1 of Lear’s The Book of Nonsense.
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Zen Garden [Haiku]
little Zen Garden
evokes a craggy cliff
despite scale issues.
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