List: Tanka Haiku and others

I love the cadence and the clarity of eastern poetry forms, I am taking baby steps but it is my first love

• kelp crowns her headrewritten as a tanka (kelp seaweed)

  tethered rock bound
  swimming like Medusa's hair

  2 lines, 13 comments, on Nov 30 8:50 PM 2008. In Contest, Nature, Spiritual
• Serenrity

  Chery Blossom
  blazing against the snow

  5 lines, 27 comments, on Nov 26 9:37 AM 2008. In Contest, Life, Nature, Thoughts, Spiritual
• Saturday afternoon

  The rush is over
  settling now in comfort

  7 lines, 13 comments, on Nov 26 9:30 AM 2008. In Contest, Thoughts, Personal, images
• fall rain

  rain against clear glass
  muted colors blend and pass

  4 lines, 7 comments, on Nov 25 2:29 PM 2008. In Contest, Nature, Thoughts
• evening

  Evening Settles softly
  Resting upon her shoulders

  9 lines, 13 comments, on Nov 25 9:50 AM 2008. In Contest, Nature, Spiritual
• first snow

  visons softly melt
  slate grey sea now far from view

  5 lines, 22 comments, on Dec 19 11:07 AM 2008. In Contest, Life, Love, Nature
• ascension

  ascension' s promise
  transcends practicality

  9 lines, 11 comments, on Nov 21 9:33 PM 2008. In Contest, Personal, Spiritual, Hope, Nature
• red sky

  morning
  blood red sky

  3 lines, 10 comments, on Nov 17 5:05 AM 2008. In Contest, Nature
• the kiss

  you kiss resonates
  all trace of reason leaves me

  3 lines, 11 comments, on Nov 15 8:59 PM 2008. In Contest, Love, Personal
• whispers

  the windhorse whispers
  prayers and blessings circulate

  2 lines, 16 comments, on Nov 15 8:51 PM 2008. In Contemporary, Spiritual, Nature
• winter white

  Winter
  Dualistic

  4 lines, 8 comments, on Nov 14 8:11 AM 2008. In Contest, Nature, Lyrics
• the phone call rewritten and extended

  love I gasp your words
  like a drowning man inhales

  19 lines, 11 comments, on Nov 13 10:49 AM 2008. In Contest, Life, Love, Personal
• epiphany

  my epiphany,
  eyes now closed, remembering,

  2 lines, 8 comments, on Nov 13 5:59 AM 2008. In Contest, Nature, Spiritual
• I Drank thee in

  4 lines, 15 comments, on Nov 10 2:30 PM 2008. In Contest, Erotica, Love, Spiritual
• Ancient Travelers

  soft, my lover calls
  I wear his passion like pearls

  22 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 7 7:01 PM 2008. In Contest, Love, Spiritual
• two sedoka

  kelp crowns her head
  swimming like Medusa's hair

  14 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 6 6:46 PM 2008. In Lyrics, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Thoughts
• mindfulness

  Mindfulness eludes
  Thoughts invade my peacefulness

  22 lines, 13 comments, on Nov 2 7:08 PM 2008. In Contest, Spiritual, Thoughts, Nature
• three tanka

  sunlight and shadow
  constant interplay of light

  16 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 6 6:30 PM 2008. In Lyrics, Nature, Spiritual, Thoughts
• Hurricane Season

  land of wind and fog
  waits in stifling silence

  4 lines, 9 comments, on Oct 31 11:25 PM 2008. In Contest, Nature
• last loon

  listen, do you hear
  the last loons' departing cry

  5 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 10 12:14 PM 2008. In Personal, Nature
• Star Stunned

  the stars stunned me
  the clearness of my vision

  15 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 6 3:07 PM 2008. In Life, Love, Nature
• before we met

  before we met
  I was a rudderless boat

  4 lines, 16 comments, on Dec 3 1:24 PM 2008
• twlight beckons

  twilight beckons
  daylight ‘s hold diminished now

  5 lines, 13 comments, on Dec 3 2:52 PM 2008. In Lyrics, Love, Nature, Personal, Spiritual, Thoughts
• Tanka Love Letter revised

  Our secret
  Passion shared by two

  8 lines, 36 comments, on Dec 4 7:49 AM 2008. In Love, Lyrics, Life, Nature
• Brave new world-revisited and revised as Tanka chain

  First steps
  Cast in stone

  10 lines, 9 comments, on Dec 8 11:04 AM 2008. In Life, Personal, Thoughts
• moonless night

  Moonless night
  A million points of light

  4 lines, 22 comments, on Dec 3 1:52 PM 2008. In Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual
• Brave new world-revisited

  captured
  a veritable cast

  12 lines, 13 comments, on Dec 7 1:00 PM 2008. In Pain, Contest, Life, Thoughts, Personal
• Dusk

  Dusk slowly settles
  preludes to a winter night

  5 lines, 16 comments, on Dec 11 9:27 PM 2008
• Starlit Lake Side Night Tanka Chain

  starlit lakeside night
  evening sky wrapped in velvet

  26 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 12 10:30 AM 2008. In Contest, Love, Nature, Spiritual
• the Raven watches

  the Raven watches
  atop the barn at dawning

  4 lines, 13 comments, on Dec 14 10:13 PM 2008. In Contest, Nature, Thoughts
• Ravaged

  Raven settles
  the old barn roof sags

  2 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 16 6:18 AM 2008. In Contest, Lyrics, Love, Nature
• stained glass windows

  bright lights reflected
  colored shadows on new snow

  3 lines, 7 comments, on Dec 17 8:16 PM 2008. In Contest, Lyrics, Spiritual, Nature, Life
• tumbleweed

  rolling thunder
  adrift on the feral wind

  2 lines, 7 comments, on Dec 19 9:57 PM 2008. In Contest, Lyrics, Thoughts
• passion renewed

  your laugh rises
  a mist of myriad bubbles in fine champagne

  19 lines, 33 comments, on Jan 8 2:13 PM. In Contest, Life, Love, Personal, memories
• howl

  surrounded
  northeast head winds howl

  4 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 5 9:37 PM. In Contest, Nature, Thoughts
• moon rise winter bright

  moon rise winter bright
  across fields of ice crested grass

  4 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 14 5:06 AM. In Contest, Nature, Personal, Thoughts, Love
• Ice Moon

  moon rise winter bright
  across fields of ice crested grass

  4 lines, on Jan 13 6:29 PM. In Contest, Love, Nature, Spiritual
• silence

  stifling silence
  swathed in white wool snow

  3 lines, 12 comments, on Jan 11 3:03 PM. In Contest, Personal, Spiritual
• Called

  Drakkar the dragonship,
  beached like an upturned whale,

  10 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 13 10:17 PM. In Contest, Fantasy, magic
• Peace Eludes

  peace eludes
  we look for it every where

  23 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 13 7:08 PM. In Contest, Life, Spiritual
• duet

  I could not hear it at first
  I did not notice

  10 lines, 12 comments, on Jan 12 8:55 PM. In Contest, Life, Love, Personal
• Wolf Moon Madness

  Impossibly bright
  wolf moon overtakes the sky

  4 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 12 8:11 PM. In Contest, Nature, Spiritual, Love
• Counting Breath

  counting breaths
  mindfulness no simple task

  21 lines, 20 comments, on Dec 31 10:24 PM 2008. In Contest, Spiritual, Thoughts
• moon madness in sunlight

  night's magic looming
  each star a fount of celestial light

  11 lines, 8 comments, on Jan 6 8:48 PM. In Contest, Nature
• daybreak

  tangerine sky
  crayons in impossible hues

  3 lines, 5 comments, on Jan 6 6:10 AM. In Contest, Nature
• brash gander

  brash gander
  blocks my path to the barn

  3 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 5 4:58 PM. In Contemporary, Contest, Nature
• silent sea

  silent sea
  viewed through glass

  3 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 5 3:01 PM. In Contest, Nature, Lyrics
• Minds Duet

  38 lines, 9 comments, on Oct 11 3:03 PM 2008. In Adult, Hope, Love, Personal
• Ice Dreams

  unseen hand paints
  masterpiece of frosted glass

  2 lines, 12 comments, on Jan 15 10:09 AM. In Contest, Nature
• staccato

  breaking ground
  footsteps no longer silent

  2 lines, 13 comments, on Jan 15 10:27 AM. In Contest, Nature, Thoughts
• Twice in a Lifetime

  when I saw your eyes
  for love that stood in awe of time

  3 lines, 17 comments, on Jan 21 8:54 PM. In Contest, Lyrics
• The Ice Age Revelation

  Ice age reactions
  leads me to stifling silences

  12 lines, 16 comments, on Jan 29 8:12 PM
• The Sparrow

  The Sparrow
  dusky messenger of dawn

  2 lines, 17 comments, on Jan 24 4:58 PM. In Contest, Hope, Love, Nature
• A Little Night Magic edited and reworked

  as moth to flame
  your love draws me through time

  48 lines, 43 comments, on Feb 6 6:41 PM. In Love, Personal, magic, Spiritual
• Ti amo, amore mio

  14 lines, 46 comments, on Feb 10 12:10 PM. In Contest, Adult, Love, Personal
• sumi-e (墨絵)(Tanka)

  a passion
  unfolds stroke by stroke

  5 lines, 12 comments, on Mar 6 8:34 PM. In Contest, Life, Love, passion
• twilight serenade ( Haiku)

  now a joyous noise
  an exultation of larks

  3 lines, 11 comments, on Mar 7 12:52 PM. In Nature, Lyrics, joy
• winter pasture

  pure exultation
  dancing through winter pasture

  3 lines, 9 comments, on Mar 7 7:06 PM. In Life, Nature, joy
• renewal

  cycles and circles
  all is connected, all revolves

  22 lines, 12 comments, on Mar 8 10:05 AM. In Contest, Hope, Life, Nature, Spiritual, Thoughts
• clouded moon

  http://dangerousintersection.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/moon-cloud-shot.jpg

  2 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 8 10:29 AM. In Contest, Life, Nature
• sunrise ku

  rising sun
  paints the morning sky

  2 lines, 9 comments, on Mar 5 8:13 AM. In Contest, Nature
• non sequitur

  my life
  has never followed

  17 lines, 11 comments, on Mar 5 5:32 PM. In Contest, Life, Personal, Lyrics
• Sweet Obsession

  with a shrug
  She can steal your heart

  10 lines, 7 comments, on Mar 5 9:46 PM. In Contest, Love, obsession
• spring babies

  lambs frolic
  through sparse pasture

  2 lines, 13 comments, on Mar 9 9:08 PM. In Contest, Nature, joy
• another sunrise ku 2

  sunrise
  painted crimson

  2 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 11 5:44 AM. In Nature, Spiritual, Thoughts
• another sunrise ku

  sunrise
  painted crimson

  2 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 11 5:47 AM. In Contest, Life, Thoughts, Nature
• Up In Smoke

  reverie
  thoughts invade the old growth

  4 lines, 12 comments, on Mar 12 7:01 AM. In Contest, quickie, Thoughts, Weird
• pillow talk

  She bows
  her face a mask of porcelain

  6 lines, 26 comments, on Mar 12 7:57 AM. In Love, Contest, Thoughts, quickie
• another sunrise 3

  salmon pink sky
  shade fades to gray

  1 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 13 5:58 AM. In Contest, Nature
• What must I do,Oh Son of Noble Family

  asking
  for the Buddah's teaching

  28 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 13 3:11 AM. In Contest, Spiritual, Thoughts
• sunrise pillow book

  sunrises
  pale fingers caress the sky

  4 lines, 22 comments, on Mar 18 4:59 AM. In Contest, Love, Personal, Spiritual
• variation on The Night That Has No Morning

  love
  when next we meet

  8 lines, 24 comments, on Mar 19 7:47 AM. In Contest, Love, Life, Spiritual, Thoughts
• rabbit redux-not

  hawk circles
  surveying his domain

  2 lines, 11 comments, on Mar 10 2:30 PM. In Nature, Thoughts
• barn cat

  barn catmissing in actionhunting trip

  0 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 10 2:35 PM. In Contest, Nature
• moonstruck

  missing you
  moonstruck

  2 lines, 15 comments, on Mar 12 6:46 AM. In Contest, Life, Love, Lyrics
• Echo

  The echo
  carried on the wind

  7 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 18 5:37 AM. In Contest, Life, Love, Spiritual, Thoughts
• First Blush

  as I open
  myself to another

  17 lines, 30 comments, on Mar 22 8:19 PM. In Contest, Life, Love, Personal, Thoughts
• Magic Happens

  magic happens
  as the thin crescent moon rises

  4 lines, 13 comments, on Mar 23 7:23 PM. In Contest, Love, Nature, Personal, Spiritual, Thoughts
• Sunrise Tanka Adult

  5 lines, 33 comments, on Mar 25 7:14 AM. In Adult, Contemporary, Love, Personal
• morning

  love I gasp your words
  like a drowning man inhales

  4 lines, 11 comments, on Mar 27 6:25 AM. In Love, Life, Nature, Personal
• waxing moon

  night fell
  the crescent moon slid

  6 lines, 14 comments, on Mar 27 10:24 PM
• The Beach

  my world is made of salt and fog
  sea-spent fingers clasp and holdfor I am made of rock and sand and she the sea

  2 lines, 8 comments, on Mar 4 2:37 PM. In Contest, Nature, Thoughts
• Reflections Senryu revised

  reviewing personal history
  objects may seem larger than life

  4 lines, 8 comments, on Apr 1 9:32 AM. In Contest, Contemporary, Life, Thoughts, Personal, NaPoMo
• storm warning

  crimson skies
  part ominous clouds

  2 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 1 8:43 PM. In Contest, Nature, Spiritual, NaPoMo
• Tanka Dream

  In my dreams
  distance does not darken

  4 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 2 6:59 AM. In Contest, Love, Hope
• silence Ku

  sore throat
  strangles my words

  3 lines, 17 comments, on Apr 2 8:39 AM. In Contest, Thoughts, Personal
• early morning Tanka

  your voice whispers
  time to greet the day my love

  5 lines, 15 comments, on Mar 26 5:36 AM. In Contemporary, Contest, Love, Life, Nature
• Will

  I will survive.
  Adversity matters not.

  2 lines, 11 comments, on Mar 26 8:49 PM. In Contest, Thoughts
• Bamboo Vase with Tiger

  tiger moves
  through the bamboo copse

  5 lines, 21 comments, on Mar 31 12:50 PM. In Contemporary, Contest, Nature, Thoughts, Personal
• Fire!

  salt marsh
  blazing against starlit skies

  5 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 1 7:45 AM. In Thoughts, Contest, Hope, Life, Nature, Spiritual, NaPoMo
• sleeping dogs

  book ends
  two dogs sleep

  2 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 1 9:19 AM. In NaPoMo
• New Earth/new life

  each spring
  my pastures teem with life

  4 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 2 9:52 AM. In Contest, Nature, Thoughts
• She did not pass in vain

  softly
  you have to listen
  

  16 lines, 9 comments, on Mar 22 11:36 AM. In Contest, Hope, Love, Personal
• lillies (Zen)

  they reach
  their tender roots bound like Geisha's feet

  4 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 2 1:22 PM. In Contemporary, Life, Love, Lyrics, Nature, Zen.
• windless rewritten

  restlessly
  the wind sculpted every branch

  5 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 2 1:46 PM
• Bearded Iris

  feathers
  impossibly light

  4 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 2 1:56 PM. In Contemporary, Lyrics, Nature
• blackberries

  luminous
  like summers promise

  5 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 2 2:13 PM
• perfection

  perfection
  echos by the gentle flutter

  4 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 2 2:32 PM. In Nature, Life, Thoughts
• night flight

  Saturn's moons
  traverse inkblack darkness

  5 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 2 2:36 PM
• Eternity

  11 lines, 26 comments, on Apr 2 3:11 PM. In Contemporary, Contest, Life, Spiritual, Thoughts, Weird, NaPoMo
• a paradigm shift edited

  the Pleiades's
  will mark ascensions way

  9 lines, 12 comments, on Mar 18 6:30 AM
• waiting for the phone to ring

  the phone rings
  holding my breath I answer

  11 lines, 13 comments, on Mar 18 7:57 PM. In Love, Life, Personal, Contest
• the mountain number 1 adult

  the mountain
  rises inside the me

  2 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 8 2:35 PM
• mountain number 2 adult

  inside of me
  mountain rises

  2 lines, 6 comments, on Apr 8 3:19 PM
• waxing moon two

  5 lines, 6 comments, on Apr 9 9:08 AM. In Lyrics, Personal, Erotica, Love, NaPoMo
• silence

  In the silence
  you can hear my heart's tears,

  5 lines, 41 comments, on Apr 16 10:03 AM. In Contest, Life, Love, Nature, Pain, NaPoMo
• the letter

  the mountain
  revealed by the rising sun

  4 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 17 6:41 AM. In Contest, Hope, Life, Love, Nature, NaPoMo
• consumed

  2 lines, 8 comments, on Apr 18 8:54 AM. In Contest, Adult, Love, Personal, NaPoMo
• two ku

  twilight
  a raven rests

  7 lines, 25 comments, on Apr 18 11:15 AM. In Life, Nature, Thoughts, NaPoMo
• passions flow

  6 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 19 9:11 AM. In Adult, Contest, Love, Personal, Thoughts, NaPoMo
• afterglow

  5 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 19 9:24 AM. In Contest, Love, Personal, Adult, Nature, NaPoMo
• Night winds carry the scent

  Night winds
  carry the scent of the oasis

  28 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 21 5:34 PM. In Contest, Life, Personal, Thoughts, NaPoMo
• moonrise tanka

  eyes now sheltered by my
  outstretched fan, still search

  7 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 21 9:12 PM. In Life, Love, Personal, Thoughts, NaPoMo
• [ as I close my eyes ]

  as I close my eyes
  I see you reflected in my dreams

  4 lines, 14 comments, on Apr 22 9:14 PM. In Love, Life, Thoughts, Personal, NaPoMo
• [loves last stand] rewritten

  just yesterday
  sweet spring addled heart and mind

  23 lines, 25 comments, on Apr 24 5:58 AM. In Love, Personal, Thoughts, NaPoMo
• words unwritten

  in my dreams I see
  my love clothed in sweet repose

  13 lines, 15 comments, on Apr 12 10:09 AM. In Contest, Life, Love, Personal, Thoughts, NaPoMo
• risk

  risk
  the delicious aroma

  10 lines, 17 comments, on Mar 14 7:56 AM. In Contest, Thoughts, Weird
• Serene

  SERENE
  beneath

  4 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 14 7:52 PM. In Contest, Nature
• Aching for Spring

  aching for spring
  listening each night for the echo of loons

  4 lines, 21 comments, on Mar 17 1:54 PM. In Contest, Contemporary, Life, Nature
• Budding Passion

  there is a point
  when springs promise floats

  4 lines, 10 comments, on Mar 24 9:16 AM. In Contemporary
• Red Ku

  scarlet star
  turned towards the sun
  

  2 lines, 33 comments, on Apr 3 7:37 AM. In Contest, Nature, Thoughts
• Mantle

  a mantle
  of bejeweled spring blossoms

  15 lines, 23 comments, on Apr 3 10:06 AM. In Contest, Love, Life, Nature, NaPoMo
• Black Dogs

  Black Dogs
  phantoms of fearravenous

  2 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 3 4:49 PM
• Grin

  his voice
  finds the silent spaces

  20 lines, 34 comments, on Apr 3 6:13 PM. In Contest, Love, Life, Thoughts, NaPoMo
• dawn

  dawn
  rebirth and renewal

  2 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 12 5:53 AM. In Contest, quickie
• landmark birthdays

  on turning sixty
  I worried that I would awake

  6 lines, 17 comments, on Apr 12 2:26 PM. In Contemporary, Humor, Life, Thoughts, Weird, NaPoMo
• Tech Midchuarta

  cycles or Circles
  Beach teaches the joy of community

  7 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 12 10:30 PM. In Nature, Spiritual, Thoughts, Hope, Life
• Ephemeral

  Like smoke rising
  the memory of your last embrace

  5 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 17 8:34 AM. In Contest, Love, Life, Nature, NaPoMo
• passages

  fear is natural
  with change come tears and new life

  3 lines, 12 comments, on Apr 18 6:20 AM. In Angst, Hope, Life, Pain, Personal, Thoughts, NaPoMo
• Cassiopeia's crown

  listen, softly now
  as my lover calls my name

  11 lines, 31 comments, on Apr 25 8:41 PM. In Life, Love, Nature, Personal, Thoughts, NaPoMo
• Senyru

  dreaming haiku
  sets the poet free in verse

  10 lines, 12 comments, on Apr 26 6:43 PM. In Contest, Lyrics, Thoughts, NaPoMo
• April Snow

  sudden April snow
  wild winds rattle rafter beams

  5 lines, 20 comments, on Apr 12 8:25 PM. In Contest, Life, Love, Personal, Thoughts, Nature, NaPoMo
• haiku 13 one of three kus working should have been saved in drafts

  silk slips
  from bare shoulders

  33 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 30 8:06 AM. In NaPoMo, haiku class, Life, Love, Nature, Thoughts
• Evening Shadows

  the evening shadows
  lengthen mirroring my desire

  10 lines, 16 comments, on Apr 20 3:19 PM. In Contest, Hope, Love, Life, Nature, Personal, NaPoMo
• Only Yesterday

  when in springs first rush
  the humble crocus greets me

  8 lines, 18 comments, on May 2 9:55 PM. In Contest, Love, Life, Nature, Personal, Thoughts
• spring regatta

  oriental dream
  afloat in cherry blossoms

  3 lines, 11 comments, on May 3 9:35 PM. In Nature, Love
• Dreaming

  'Tis but a dream,'
  I should say, yet

  11 lines, 20 comments, on May 3 9:17 PM. In Love, Personal, Thoughts
• come undone

  my quiescent hearts
  immutable, winter bound

  4 lines, 23 comments, on May 3 9:49 PM. In Personal, Love
• Lilacs and Rain

  watching failing rain
  my mind drifts back to the

  0 lines, 14 comments, on May 4 7:58 PM
• Voice and Breath

  last night my dream spoke
  substance and matter formed

  4 lines, 15 comments, on May 5 7:57 AM. In Contest, Life, Love, Nature, Thoughts
• moonrise geisha

  moonrise
  black silk slips from white shoulders
  

  4 lines, 107 comments, on May 10 7:48 AM. In Love, Nature, Thoughts
• The Qunice Tree

  gnarled ancient husk
  quince blossoms adorn her hair

  2 lines, 4 comments, on May 14 6:54 PM. In Nature, Thoughts
• 七夕 tanabata Evening of the Seventh Moon

  my heart longs for you
  coming to me in dream time

  25 lines, 12 comments, on May 5 7:11 PM. In Contest, Hope, Love, Nature, Thoughts, myth
• morning

  my morning coffee
  in the stillness

  5 lines, 13 comments, on May 15 7:42 PM
• Hawk and Loon

  winter afternoon
  fledgling loon stranded on land

  3 lines, 1 comment, on May 18 7:49 AM. In Contest, Nature, Thoughts
• June

  covered in lupines
  field of rainbows

  2 lines, on May 18 7:51 AM
• another moonrise geisha

  moonrise -
  black silk slips

  3 lines, 2 comments, on May 18 5:35 PM. In Love, Nature, Thoughts
• {the old woman and the moon}

  her face like the moon
  old woman in the watersmiles back at me

  2 lines, 19 comments, on May 21 7:11 PM. In Contest, Hope, Humor, Life, Thoughts
• silent field

  a silent field
  echos softly of voices past

  2 lines, 25 comments, on May 21 8:17 PM. In Contest, Life, Sad, Thoughts
• last lesson

  after thou-roughly wallowing in Basho, I came with a thud back to my final lesson for this class, Haikumonks poem that I rewrote for the pr

  15 lines, 4 comments, on May 24 2:11 PM. In class, haiku, hailbun, Nature, Thoughts
• a blanket of stars - Open haibun

  The night was moonless. So calm, that my floating dock lay quiet on its mooring. Stretched out on my back, floating in the darkness I watch

  4 lines, 5 comments, on May 24 5:19 PM. In Nature, Thoughts
• full moon rewritte

  a full spring moon
  reflects on dark water

  3 lines, 12 comments, on May 25 10:57 AM. In Contest, Life, Lyrics, Nature, Thoughts
• the Dream

  7 lines, 10 comments, on May 26 9:38 PM
• [dawning]

  dawn
  waning red moon

  3 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 15 8:54 PM. In Nature, Thoughts
• "When our dreams can dream no more "

  are you in my heart
  only as an answer dreamt

  5 lines, 25 comments, on Jul 22 7:38 PM. In Contemporary, Contest, Life, Love, Thoughts
• [the heron waits]

  heron waits
  silently by the creek bed

  14 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 30 2:27 PM. In Contemporary, Hope, Life, Love, Pain, Personal
• [the dance]

  lightning dances
  across the storm tossed sea

  3 lines, 20 comments, on Jul 21 6:27 PM. In Contemporary, Contest, Nature, Thoughts
• {verbs}

  verbs
  no one can do anything

  3 lines, 18 comments, on Jun 30 9:32 PM. In Contest, Thoughts
• [starstruck]

  night's magic looms
  each star a fount of white light

  4 lines, 17 comments, on Jul 15 5:18 PM. In Contemporary, Nature, Thoughts
• [Tesla's Symphony]

  lightning flies
  behind clouded skies

  4 lines, 25 comments, on Jul 17 10:20 AM. In Contemporary, Nature, Thoughts, Weird
• [the tea garden]

  a hint of jasmine
  rise to life within my cup

  3 lines, 41 comments, on Aug 2 7:49 AM. In Contest, Nature, Life, Thoughts
• [musk]

  like fine incense
  your scent rises

  8 lines, on Aug 13 4:29 PM. In Contest, Love, Life, Personal, Thoughts
• [eternal]

  all is eternal
  our trials vanish as the

  2 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 13 5:05 PM
• [ words ]

  arguments
  mean nothing, from now on I

  5 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 13 12:51 PM. In Contemporary, Contest, Pain, Personal, Sad
• honeysuckle

  honeysuckle
  heralds springs sweet breath

  6 lines, 16 comments, on Sep 6 11:10 AM. In Contemporary, Spiritual, Love, Life, Nature, Personal, Thoughts
• [autumn]

  now autumn's wind
  drifts upon night's starlit lake

  6 lines, 16 comments, on Sep 5 6:50 PM. In Contemporary, Nature, Thoughts
• [memory]

  last spring's flowers
  seem more vibrant when viewed

  3 lines, 6 comments, on Sep 5 7:26 PM. In Life, Nature, Personal, Sad, Thoughts
• [against the albino moon]

  see how the night pales
  I watch as unseen hands paint

  6 lines, 17 comments, on Sep 5 7:54 PM. In Nature, Thoughts, Personal
• [fledglings first flight]

  he perched upon
  the highest branch following

  5 lines, 20 comments, on Sep 12 6:40 AM. In Contest, Nature, Thoughts
• [alchemy]

  September's winds
  have turned green leaves to gold

  19 lines, 25 comments, on Sep 12 8:47 PM. In Nature, Thoughts
• [change]

  6 lines, 7 comments, on Sep 13 12:34 PM
• [storm] Tanka

  I walk the old path
  silenet, but for wind and sea

  5 lines, 15 comments, on Sep 21 1:27 PM
• [Zen]

  this year I have lost
  everything- gaining solace

  10 lines, 60 comments, on Sep 28 7:29 PM. In Contest, Spiritual, Life
• [autum] Renga

  I dream I wander
  the old road slick with leaves

  6 lines, 17 comments, on Sep 30 11:42 AM. In Renga, Nature, Personal, Thoughts, Life
• [a day of prayer flags]

  autumn morning
  low clouds fly on brisk winds

  10 lines, 11 comments, on Oct 1 10:25 AM. In Contemporary, tanka, chan, Personal, Spiritual, Thoughts
• [the moon and I]

  with your leaving
  nothing is left behind

  3 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 9 6:13 PM. In Life, Love, Nature, Personal, Pain

• By me, right now

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Categories: Hope, Love, Other. personal.

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