branches spiral
from a conical trunk,
mapping world lines
Barren Tree [Haiku]
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Category Archives: Poetry
Rippling Water [Haiku]
undulating waves beat bumpers into the dock - gentle knocking sound
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Amsterdam Limerick
A mother who was visiting Amsterdam strolled around town pushing her child's pram. 'twas such a delight 'til she hit the red lights, and her boy saw a game of hide the wild yam.
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Parakeets [Haiku]
hanging off a ledge, parakeets fall into flight to their next perch
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Great Egret [Haibun]
The egret stands on stiff, still legs. By contrast, its neck is coiled into a sinuous strike position. For a long time, only its eyes move, saccading in time with the darting prey below the water's mirrored surface. The egret plays shrub, hoping to lure tiny fish into its shadow, within striking distance of its flexible neck. the egret stands, moving only its eyes... then spears water
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Boxless Box [Free Verse]
There you sit in a boxless box -- unmoving, but thinking about moving. Then, stretching one trembling hand out to its fullest extent, you feel fingers press into nothing, but a hard kind of nothing.
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Falling Leaf [Free Verse]
A falling leaf is my teacher. It craves nothing. It fears nothing. It surrenders itself, but does not submit. It will not be hemmed in for long, for its patience is infinite.
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Kathmandu Limerick
A proprietor of old Kathmandu epitomized the spirit can-do, selling hippies and monks neckties and swim trunks, and even sold ascetics kazoos.
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Crab Phalanx [Haiku]
Four Eyes [Haiku]
the glint in the eye
makes it look round and lustrous,
though it’s a moth wing
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