L'aura del Campo

#18 sashimi ktanka tataki

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

553 87a We bury grandma / in winter — I place plastic / nasturtiums
554 87b A black out / in the sky — a bird or a / fly on the screen
555 87c Green (emerald) creeps up / the snow-melt (clad) mountains [incomplete, doesn't break right needs a word or image]
556 87d At the door two / friends part — will I ever / see you again
557 87e Those who never / weep, have never seen / October's (the tenth month's) flame
558 87f Brown pelicans / gather — the fishermen / cast their lines *FF
559 87g Best to get to / the toilet — before / the dam bursts

560 88a No roses only / daffodils — Ridvan / in the north *FF
561 88b Dappled sunshine. / Is it Spring — is / it winter?
562 88c Even the broken / bough still sends out / flowers *FF?
563 88d Which is more painful — / being in pain or watching / someone in pain
564 88e The apricot / bursts its buds — spare pain / for so much gain
565 88f It might snow / again they say — daffodils / and tulips bloom
566 88g The old tree's / dying — will it bloom / once more (bear fruit)
567 88h I should be cheer- / ful — clouds gather (thunder) above / blooming yellowbells

568 89a How long since / she left us — even that is / lost to me
569 89b Cloud shadows move / over me — ink wanders / across this page
570 89c They hold hands / in the chill — married, but / not to each other
571 89d No hired / help — to pick up where / I leave off
572 89e When Spring is / elusive — I know where / forsythia blooms (reconfigure!)
573 89f I can't remember / her — nothing but your image / stamped (voiced) in the eyes
574 89g A cat and I / stare at each other — / who dares move

575 91a Buried under last / autumn's leaves — crocuses / rise again *FF
576 91b Vandalism / in the park — even my resting / spot isn't spared
577 91c The voles will mate / tonight — if not found / by the owl
578 91d I release / a trapped moth — three seconds / of freedom // before a swallow finds it (actual moment) [needs rewording or rethinking]
579 91e An osprey returns / home hungry — I sit / at home alone
580 91f On the shores / of the flood — ducks and a / pink parasol
581 91g I awake with / aches and pains — no rest / in this world

582 92a So much loss — / oaks have shed last autumn's leaves, / tulips their petals
583 92b The child smiles / like the light — in a picture / on her gravestone
584 92c So many temptations: / sun and clouds — and I / must sweep the floor
585 92d Gassy — I / eat another plate of / re-fried beans // Intestines welcome fiber / may the fragrance never cease KTANKA?
586 92e Rain ravishes / blossoms — how brief but beautiful / this life
587 92f Morning glories / close their flowers — evening glories / wait for dusk
588 92g Birds in a cage — / crying at each morning's / daybreak
589 92h The solitary crow / gladly bears the three obligations — / I have none (discard, avoid mine)

87,88,89 [4/21]
91, 92 [4/22]

89,893