across the valley, i see clouds pour into town; like a blanket dragged over a mattress, the buildings are smothered
Cloud Town [Tanka]
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Category Archives: poem
Flames [Haiku]
Belly Wisdom [Kyōka]
the snake feels my footfalls through its belly, and i, too, feel its movement in my belly
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The Bog Lost Boot [Tanka]
bog lost boot sucked from the slogging foot of a hapless soul to pull the boot up would just drive the man down
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Hissing Breeze Tanka
a hissing breeze rushes through the leaves sensed in a strong wind then i can't not hear it even in a trickled breeze
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Separation [Haiku]
missing flip-flop sits beside the curb miles from a man askew
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Mystery Print Haiku
Muddy Water Tanka
pristine flower blooms in muddy water; its fragrance drowns out the scent of rot until it feeds the mud
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Three Takes on a Lotus Haiku
I lotus viewing: still blossom, changing light; countless sights
II a still lotus, a static eye, and shifting light; boundless hues
III view one lotus until the changing light makes a new bloom
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POEM: Ghosts in the Darkness
I have walked in deep, dark places, and crawled through darker, still -- gas-lit slums long after the dusk, where lamplight failed to spill. So surprised by fleeting faces that faded in and out -- like visions from the sleep-drift, they never loiter about. They come, they see, and then they pass -- these alien observers. They pass with just a fleeting glance, like someone else's server. They care not what you think you need, or who you think you are. You're just an automaton shopper within the grand bazaar.
