I came across a turbinate shell
While walking forest, glade, and dell.
With fingernail, I gave a tap
To learn if its tenant was in nap.
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Tag Archives: Shell
Inside View [Senryū]
snail stretches
to view the beautiful house -
too close to see.
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Seller’s Market [Senryū]
it's a seller's market
for snail housing, based
on that cramped shell.
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Cooter Query [Haiku]
cooter cranes its neck: impulse to know greater than impulse to shelter.
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Shell Deceit [Haiku]
false cracks and shine to look like a pile of rocks, the turtle's shell
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Snail Stealth [Haiku]
snail on a stone wall remains still for hours on end; on my next pass, gone
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