spring rains texture the lake that had been still
Spring Rains [Haiku]
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DAILY PHOTO: Dubdi Monastery, The First Gompa of Sikkim
Blanket of Clouds [Haiku]
mountain clouds move with spontaneity -- like blanket fort kids
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It Burns [Haiku]
a cottage burns; its owner watches ash swirl in the air
Note: Influenced by an exchange between Bashō and his student Hokushi, the latter’s cabin burning down being the topic of discussion. As told in Yoné Noguchi’s The Spirit of Japanese Poetry.
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DAILY PHOTO: Mount Pandim
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Foggy Forest [Haiku]
Ma-Ai: The Ideal Interval [Free Verse]
there is a ma-ai -- an ideal interval -- the perfect gap in space & time & space-time there's a ma-ai: between setup and punchline & between punchline and laugh between inhalation & exhalation between listening & speaking between receiving & countering between swinging & hitting too rushed and momentum is smothered to slow and momentum dissipates there is a ma-ai for all things that move.
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Green Branch [Haiku]
a brown branch runs beside the green branch that isn't a branch
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Thorny Nightshade [Tanka]
thorny leaves and poisonous fruits; if ever a plant wanted to be left alone!
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