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Haiku – Blithe Spirit

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Martha Magenta

laughing gulls the wind pushes me into the sea river moon the silent lights of a narrow boat moth dust a smudge of moon through drifting clouds Blithe Spirit vol 29 number 3 August … Continue reading →

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Night Run – Tanka Sequence

Posted on July 27, 2019 by Martha Magenta

Night Run street lights fight the darkness a clenched fist of wind slams litter against a wall neon light splinters across my eyes like sun stabbing through shattered glass adrenalin flows through me like wildfire eyes … Continue reading →

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Senryu – Prune Juice

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Martha Magenta

lumps in the mattress all the jobs I’ve left undone sighing wind yesterday’s news all around the street backyard burning the neighbours’ row dwindles to dawn homebrew a taste of algae in the demijohn … Continue reading →

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Haiku and Senryu – Cattails

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Martha Magenta

last night’s dream — strands of broken web in the wind fuel price protest we burn our placards for warmth psychology teacher screaming in red ink Cattails Journal April 2019 http://www.cattailsjournal.com/issues/cattailsapril2019.pdf?fbclid=IwAR02tkE5tdCvsjgPCRiEHflf_mJ7rDXrIvAkT2TiyhuaYeyhlzmpCx2-4ZE

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The 2018 Martin Lucas Haiku Award

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Martha Magenta

lakeside geese – my map takes off in the wind Second Prize The 2018 Martin Lucas Haiku Award Judge’s Commentary Migratory birds navigate vast distances using the sun/stars/Earth’s magnetic field/landscape/or maybe even their sense of smell (scientists are still … Continue reading →

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Tanka – Frameless Sky

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Martha Magenta

swallows leave . . . I feel a chill wind around me a desolate winter without you age is fencing me in slowly the shadows of my past creep up on me ghosting – you … Continue reading →

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Tanka – Le Lumachine

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Martha Magenta

she gazes into the distance across the sea she remembers the babies who never came home lo guardo fisso in lontananza attraverso il mare ricorda i bambini che non sono mai tornati a casa somewhere in the … Continue reading →

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Haiku – Luca’s Lily Pad

Posted on December 24, 2018 by Martha Magenta

blustery wind kicking a leaf into winter Commentary by Luca Cenisi: Another great piece of work, where the unmarked cut at the end of line 1 gives continuity to a reading that favors a dynamic and fragile vision of … Continue reading →

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Haiku – Luca’s Lily Pad

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Martha Magenta

chill wind kids on bikes run over my shadow Luca’s Lily Pad, 12 November, 2018 https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FMyHaikuPond%2Fposts%2F1967746199978559&width=500 https://www.facebook.com/MyHaikuPond

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Haiku – Bonsai

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Martha Magenta

ghost moon the wind rocks her empty chair fluttering sparrow the last leaf falls to the ground Bonsai, A Journal of Haiku and Other Small Poems, 5 October 2018 https://the13alphabet.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/bj-issue-02.pdf

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Tag Archives: wind

Haiku – Blithe Spirit

Night Run – Tanka Sequence

Senryu – Prune Juice

Haiku and Senryu – Cattails

The 2018 Martin Lucas Haiku Award

Tanka – Frameless Sky

Tanka – Le Lumachine

Haiku – Luca’s Lily Pad

Haiku – Luca’s Lily Pad

Haiku – Bonsai

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