L'aura del Campo

#16 ktanka sashimi tataki

tataki = haikuish with place
sashimi = haikuish but not a definite place
ktanka = like a tanka
*FF = foto / photo

467 73a I see mouths move / then frown — going deaf /has advantages
468 73b This village has a / thousand eyes — I best go / out at dusk
469 73c We poets look / tall — standing on the / shoulders of giants
470 73d Naked old woman / waiting for coffee — the / filter is clogged
471 73e Sun too high / in the sky — can't reach me / sitting by my window
472 73f Hot bath — he / unveils himself one / layer at a time
473 73g A small dog / barks — everyone has / an opinion

474 75a Have soft downy / feathers fallen — purple / pasqueflower
475 75b Whispers of wolves / and wolverines — the far / north threatens
476 75c A colony of gulls / cheek by jowl — the / theatre is full
477 75d Snow blankets the / death-of-Autumn — Spring / reveals it (August - April)
478 75e The Milky Way / has fallen — a field / of cottongrass
479 75f Where the cotton- / wood grows — Summer / blizzard
480 75g Snow pebbles / ping — April's / wintry voice

481 76a Spring, and they've put on the fan — colder inside than out
482 76b Old friend — will you lend me your hand to mend my broken heart
483 76c I scratch each itch — a memory of bedbugs
484 76d I burn my finger — the aloe in the window offers itself
485 76e O Heart of my heart — bring your lips closer to blow away my tears

486 77a Six months between / our birthdays — the distance / covered with snow
487 77b In the land of / white cold — cold white / animals
488 77c Kayaks in cold / water — I watch from / a warm window
489 77d White noon / on white moonscape — / polar bears reign (noon or moon?)
490 77e Snow and ice — / April hides / underneath (word order?)
491 77f New cards / soft chatter — old / people gather
492 77g Pork balls and bow- / ties — a gentle- / man's country meal

493 78a The snow's / melting — soon / the tourist flood
494 78b No swallows yet — / but the bugs / have returned
495 78c Goes away / comes back — two sorrows / of the traveler
496 78d The old lady / crawls up the mountain — / one last time
497 78e Windows open / windows close — sounds / of the city
498 78f Human yet so / ape-like — aliens / must be amused
499 78g Child! Don't measure / your life in years but in / deeds well done

500 79a I wake up in an / alien landscape but — ah, / it's Springtime here too
501 79b A couple — / licking each other's / salty sweat
502 79c I do not have / enough fingers and toes to / tell you how old I am
503 79d Lightning without / rain — we fear for / forest fires
504 79e The lullaby of the / city rocks the old / bachelor to sleep
505 79f Why kill / a bee that makes us / honey (money)
506 79g How heavy my foot / prints pound this earth — for how long?

74, 75, 76a [4/18]
76bcde, 77, 78, 79 [4/19]

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