the floating leaf
chooses its path around
the island
by not choosing a path
around the island.
Decisions, Decisions… [Tanka]
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Tag Archives: Motion
Autumn River [Haiku]
tall grass sways
beside the serene river
one warm Fall day.
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Boats in Motion [Haiku]
boats rise & roll
with constant motion; as
gentle waves lap ashore.
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Still Eye [Haiku]
along the seashore, everything is in motion, but the crow's eye.
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Feathertop [Haiku]
the Feathertop sways, as the river beside it glides inexorably
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Candle Flicker [Haiku]
in the dim temple, candlelight flickers, and bronze moves
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Autumn Breeze [Haiku]
dried plants bobble in an autumn breeze with erratic shakes
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POEM: Moving Stillness: or, Stillness in Motion
I stare at the flowing river, and, for a moment, it seems still, as the world whips into a wild ride of vertigo, leading me to question all I believe about the still & the moving. Everything that's still is spinning, orbiting, and expanding Everyone who's still is a seven-jetted space monkey on a rocket ride.
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Haiku that Move
a little rain
on a little slope
races seaward
the world blurs,
my brain strains to track
its motion
in stillness
one loses the world’s
steady spin
i throw myself
to silly dance — joyous
that i can
the perched raven
still swivels its eye
in stone mode
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