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strawberry fields

forces of change

manifesting

from year to year

the ebb and flow

of wildflower species

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Author JaniceCategories PoetryPosted on May 22, 2023May 22, 20238 Comments

gibbous moon – – tanka

gibbous moon

a funnel of ash leaves

floats upward

in the silver night

a moment of sky

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©️2020 Ontheland

Haikai Challenge #158 – – harvest moon

(written a few nights before the October 1 harvest moon)

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Author JaniceCategories PoetryPosted on October 1, 2020October 1, 202016 Comments

white dew – – tanka

white dew

in morning hush

a stem falls

how damp the wind

as days fade to night

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©️2020 Ontheland

Haikai Challenge #157 – – autumn equinox

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Author JaniceCategories PoetryPosted on September 22, 2020September 22, 20209 Comments

after the rains

after the rains

a chirping sound

downstairs

I find a lone cricket

looking out the window

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.

late summer

cavorting by the house

a cohort of crickets

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©️2020 Ontheland

Haikai Challenge #153 – – cricket

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Author JaniceCategories PoetryPosted on August 31, 2020August 31, 20209 Comments

broken washer – – tanka

broken washer

dripping jeans water

the parched earth . . .

by autumn new grass will be

the memorial

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©️2020 Ontheland

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Author JaniceCategories PoetryPosted on August 20, 2020August 20, 20203 Comments

an odd flower – – tanka

an odd flower

on the mint

moves sideways . . .

a prayer

cloaked in illusion

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Praying mantis on the catmint

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Author JaniceCategories PoetryPosted on August 16, 2020August 16, 20205 Comments

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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©️2020 Ontheland

Haikai Challenge #151 – – autumn storm or darkness

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Author JaniceCategories PoetryPosted on August 12, 2020August 11, 20208 Comments

relentless – – tanka

relentless heat

moisture draining

from the vines

the gardener roams with

hope and a bucket

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©️2020 Ontheland

Haikai Challenge #147 – – smoldering hot

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Author JaniceCategories PoetryPosted on July 12, 2020July 12, 202013 Comments

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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©️2020 Ontheland

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Author JaniceCategories PoetryPosted on June 23, 2020June 22, 20204 Comments

summer breeze – – tanka

summer breeze

rustling leaves

once mere buds . . .

a whisper of truth

on replay

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©️2020 Ontheland

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Author JaniceCategories PoetryPosted on June 21, 2020June 21, 2020Leave a comment

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