forces of change
manifesting
from year to year
the ebb and flow
of wildflower species
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strawberry fields
Tag: tanka
gibbous moon – – tanka
gibbous moon
a funnel of ash leaves
floats upward
in the silver night
a moment of sky
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Haikai Challenge #158 – – harvest moon
(written a few nights before the October 1 harvest moon)
white dew – – tanka
white dew
in morning hush
a stem falls
how damp the wind
as days fade to night
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after the rains
after the rains
a chirping sound
downstairs
I find a lone cricket
looking out the window
.
.
late summer
cavorting by the house
a cohort of crickets
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broken washer – – tanka
broken washer
dripping jeans water
the parched earth . . .
by autumn new grass will be
the memorial
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an odd flower – – tanka
an odd flower
on the mint
moves sideways . . .
a prayer
cloaked in illusion
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under dark clouds – – tanka
under dark clouds
tornadoes touch down
Beirut explodes
a plane crashes in Kerala
and here I pause in summer rain
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relentless – – tanka
relentless heat
moisture draining
from the vines
the gardener roams with
hope and a bucket
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early – – tanka
an early hour
in the garden
before the wilting sun
the long day shrinks
cooling with the clink of ice
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summer breeze – – tanka
summer breeze
rustling leaves
once mere buds . . .
a whisper of truth
on replay
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