nesting birds
unmoved by their reflected
doppelgängers
Nesting Birds [Haiku]
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Dragonfly [Kyōka]
the dragonfly is still, and I wonder whether it's dead, and further wonder whether anyone has thought that of me
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Moth [Haiku]
the moth is still.
is it alive or dead?
how patient am i?
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Ant’s Eye View [Lyric Poem]
How much grander must the world seem
closer to the ground,
a grass forest within the forest
with layered forest sounds?
Or would one be cut off from
the vaulted dome of sky,
and have one’s world shrink to
the limits of one’s eye?
If an ant thought it saw everything,
but only viewed a slice,
would its tiny ant mind have contracted a basic human vice?
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Hooded Crow [Haiku]
before opening,
a crow takes a table,
and demands service
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Clever Shrooms [Haiku]
Pond Life [Haiku]
in clear water, a newt, darting or drifting, seems to be flying
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Monitor [Haiku]
monitor lizard trudges peppily for the cool morning hours
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Mocking Monkey [Common Meter]
One day I passed a gray monkey, and something made me turn. I caught the primate in the act of issuing a burn. Its eyes were closed; its tongue stuck out. Its head twisted to tease. And when it saw me seeing it, for a sec, it did freeze. As if not a thing had happened, and it was not to blame. Before I could make my rebuke it multiplied my shame. by blowing me a raspberry followed by a big smirk. Then it scrambled away before I went truly berserk.
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Flying Fox [Haiku]
a flying fox circles in mid-day light: its prey, diurnal fruits
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