at day’s end,
fishermen pass
on each boat’s way home.
Passing [Haiku]
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Chinatown [Senryū]
through the paifang*,
you leave your city,
but you're not in China.
*A paifang (牌坊) is the gate over a street or road that denotes the bounds of a Chinatown.
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Something Moves [Haiku]
Blue [Haiku]
with sun down,
the sky lingers in blue,
then fades to black.
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Light Fringed [Haiku]
light-fringed clouds
rob a stately palace
of its splendor.
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SOUTH KOREA LIMERICK
There was a young man from South Korea
who was prone to verbal diarrhea.
“But better that kind
than from the behind,”
Said that fast-talking lad from Korea.
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Duck Raft [Haiku]
a raft of ducks
glides as a dense pack --
then one goes solo.
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Sunrise Fisher [Haiku]
weary fisherman
paddles sunrise-tinged lake
to cast nets.
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Hermit’s Face [Haiku]
hermit's face forms
amid river ripples:
fades like dream remnant.
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THAILAND LIMERICK
There was a wise pot seller in Thailand
whose customers always claimed to be scammed.
You see, he sold metal pots –
Ganja varietals, not –
but he truly had the strongest pot in the land.
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