sunlight sparkles in the pampas grass -- electric autumn
Electric Autumn [Haiku]
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The Sprawl [Tanka]
the rain tree sprawl endomes the whole street. folks miss the light show and its leafy glory, while enjoying coolness.
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Monsoon Vantage [Haiku]
Moksha [Common Meter]
The Sadhu sits upon the ghat, so free from suffering. Like butterflies in still moments with wings not fluttering. There's no living and no dying, just a rare kind of dead, in which bodies move, but minds don't, and worlds are gently tread.
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Strange Haze [Haiku]
strange, hazy morning -- the light just right to tune up the greens
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Ocean Awe [Haiku]
lost in ocean awe, still enough that fish gather in one's shadow
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Driftwood Deception [Tanka]
nestled between rocks the smooth-worn driftwood roots assume the form of a pile of writhing snakes, 'til the mind untangles truth
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A One-Drop Ocean, Briefly [Tanka]
waves smash onto rock. fountain spurts arc skyward. one droplet hangs for an instant, flips & drops, reuniting with its sea.
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Tōsui’s Rebuttal [Kyōka]
the Zen monk Tōsui, rebuked for handling manure, plead not guilty by reason of scrawny crops, and kept spreading shit
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Coyote Cliff [Senryū]
a block of rock sits on a cliff, awaiting Wile E. Coyote
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