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Rated: 18+ · Book · Inspirational · #1946006
A new book for more small Japanese forms
My haiku book has inspired more daily writing.
This will be a place for the new small stuff writing, senryu and tanka.
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September 9, 2013 at 4:54pm
September 9, 2013 at 4:54pm
#791057
never too late
to reach mountain summits
edge of courage


[2013.9.9...b]
September 8, 2013 at 4:46pm
September 8, 2013 at 4:46pm
#790968

under blue skies
reaching for eternity
two lovers dream


[2013.8.9...b]
September 7, 2013 at 4:54pm
September 7, 2013 at 4:54pm
#790874
out of grey fog
a tree branch or a hand
my survival


[2013.7.9…b]
September 6, 2013 at 1:23pm
September 6, 2013 at 1:23pm
#790768
sky torn by grey
reflects this searing pain
thunder of tears


[2013.6.9…b]
September 5, 2013 at 4:28pm
September 5, 2013 at 4:28pm
#790690
city lights pale
when stars outshine the night
magic exists


[2013.5.9...c]
September 4, 2013 at 5:16pm
September 4, 2013 at 5:16pm
#790608
I have no love
but this wild idea of you
holding my hand
we will not be a mirror
of someone else's fear


[2013.4.9…b]
September 3, 2013 at 4:45pm
September 3, 2013 at 4:45pm
#790515
all in twilight
greys sheen like silver coins
street lamps sputter gold
illuminate silence
hold hands with the moon


[2013.3.9…b]
September 2, 2013 at 4:32pm
September 2, 2013 at 4:32pm
#790433
in the sparkle
of broken glass shards
an emerald
beached from sea wreckage
richer than sunlight


[2013.2.9…b]
September 1, 2013 at 3:59pm
September 1, 2013 at 3:59pm
#790296
from the earth
vegetable harvest
children frown
until they too grow tall
next generation


[2013.1.9…b]
August 31, 2013 at 9:14am
August 31, 2013 at 9:14am
#790160
hence this falling rain
drenches heartache with questions
I have no answers
that are not words piercing holes
in the single cloud called love


[2013.31.8…b]
August 30, 2013 at 9:41am
August 30, 2013 at 9:41am
#790060
he builds bookshelves
from ideas and dreams
birds will nest there


[2013.30.8...a]
August 29, 2013 at 3:00pm
August 29, 2013 at 3:00pm
#790006
I watch her move in
everything new in boxes
where was her childhood?
mine surrounds me on each shelf
in a house that is my own


[2013.29.8…a]
August 28, 2013 at 4:47pm
August 28, 2013 at 4:47pm
#789936
traveling so far
beyond our whispered farewells
a total eclipse
lit by fleeting northern lights
as I let you travel south


[2013.28.8...b]
August 28, 2013 at 3:15am
August 28, 2013 at 3:15am
#789883
Like white lace, fog envelops the contours of the city below our hill. Yesterday's heavy dark clouds have blown away, leaving an eiderdown of light gray.

Light rain falls as the sky yawns. Enough to wet the windows, yesterday's wind has not strayed off to other horizons.

No noise disturbs the silence. Passers-by have left their umbrellas in their cupboards and prefer to stay at home. Cars transport no one. I hear nothing of their telltale swish over wet pavements.

Occasionally the cat's bell reminds me he has found another plaything in the bathroom waste bin. A cue tip. He is oblivious of the gray day, and always finds other games when his perches in sunny laziness disappear.

I had planned a trip of errands later in the city. I do not know if I will be inspired by its gloom. I left my blue and red striped umbrella in my friend's car on another day when the rain never decided to fall. I may wait until tomorrow morning to leave the dim coziness of my interior.

quiet gray day
summer's lights fade
birds do not soar



[2013.27.8...a]
August 26, 2013 at 1:22pm
August 26, 2013 at 1:22pm
#789768
creative art
city walls live again
one man's soul


[2013.26.8...a]
August 25, 2013 at 6:18pm
August 25, 2013 at 6:18pm
#789698
heavy footfall
through a leafless forest
rocky path

[2013.25.8...c]

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on a rocky path
a leafless forest, new moon
his slow steps echo

[2013.25.8...d]
August 24, 2013 at 6:00am
August 24, 2013 at 6:00am
#789613
turbulent winds blow
in anger unleashed by fear
strange words or lost love


[2013.24.8...a]
August 23, 2013 at 5:24pm
August 23, 2013 at 5:24pm
#789552
her two withered hands
reach up to touch his sad face
it is time to leave


[2013.23.8...b]
August 22, 2013 at 5:00pm
August 22, 2013 at 5:00pm
#789477
to be thrilled by apes
lions, giraffes, elephants
zoo humans on stage


[2013.22.8...b]
August 21, 2013 at 5:10pm
August 21, 2013 at 5:10pm
#789374
a simple bouquet
of colorful wildflowers
left on a park bench
a treasure for a poor lad
on his grandmother's birthday


[2013.21.8...b]

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