slender-necked beauty
that nature carved from rock...
-- doomed!
Queen of Stone [Haiku]
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Category Archives: Poetry
Patience [Senryū]
Spider builds its web
line by line, and then waits;
I watch for two minutes.
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Spring [Haiku]
Nature writes “Spring”
in colorful blooms, even
over rough bark.
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Into the Darkness [Lyric]
Shadow-striped --
Juxtaposing day with night,
And wrong with right,
And never with always --
Down the long striped
Hallway...
Until it ends in darkness.
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River Boulders [Haiku]
boulder-strewn gorge:
what ancient waters could move
what now can't be budged?
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Guardian [Kyōka]
some swear guardians
come to life -- dancing through
the temple yard...
but only Autumn nights, and
after a calabash of wine.
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Under the Bridge [Haiku]
under the bridge
rain's chaos doesn't vanish:
ripples spread; drips plop.
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Cloudy Sky [Haiku]
look up: cloudy skies
from the upper story,
blot green yard from mind.
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Yellow Blossom [Haiku]
yellow blossoms
herald the Spring:
fragrance spreads the news.
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Ships at Anchor [Haiku]
ships in harbor,
anchored fore and aft,
await the typhoon.
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