Category Archives: poem

Pufferfish [Senryū]

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beached pufferfish.
better we meet 
on my turf

Moon Gazing [Haiku]

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moon gazing.
 priests and prostitutes
  look to the same orb

Wake Up! [Haiku]

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the overnight train.
 foggy mind / sleep deprived:
  sunrise sky painting

Turtle Time [Haiku]

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the turtle 
 moves slowly; i wonder
  if it sees slowly?

Selenops Actophilus [Senryū]

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the spider looked thin,
 but - given its limb-span -
  that's little comfort

Winter Sunrise [Haiku]

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winter sunrise
 lights the bridge & gorge wall.
  i stand in the dark

Freedom [Free Verse]

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He who would know freedom
 must be ready for the fall,
  ready to be untethered.

Freedom is not 
 floating on a cloud;

  it's riding the rapids down, 
   trying to get one's feet first, 
    so that one breaks a leg --
     and not a skull --
      on the rocks.

Glowing Heart [Haiku]

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the sun rises
 behind a bare rain tree,
  a glowing heart

Satori [Free Verse]

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It was a moment 
 of silent spaciousness.

In the midst of a fight,
 there was no enemy --
  just the effortless
   dance of the thing.

That moment 
 expanded to the infinite,
  & snapped back 
   to one tick after the tock.

Since then, 
 no catastrophe has felt 
  too great for a smile.

Horny Thorns [Haiku]

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cactus thorns
in symmetrical pairs,
like wee bull horns