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Haiku – Blithe Spirit
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
Night Run – Tanka Sequence
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
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
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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Tagged anger, animals, autumn, broken web, burn, Cattails Journal, dream, essay, fuel price, haiku, humour, last night, life, Martha Magenta, mental health, nature, people, placards, poem, poetry, protest, psychology, red ink, screaming, seasons, senryu, spider, strands, teacher, warmth, wind
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The 2018 Martin Lucas Haiku Award
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
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
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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