Assorted Haiku and/or Senryū
i.
Autumn comes alone
naked in a bath of swords;
Spring’s false promises.
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ii.
Dawn in my doorway
stripes on a standing tiger
Waiting ~ not today.
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iii
Up all summer night
pen finally stops chasing
the moon it can't catch
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iv.
Tomorrow I wake
smelling your books and oatmeal
now twenty years gone.
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v.
Ghost ship passing by~
light of my heart I’m with you
as the wind fills the sails.
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vi.
Flat bird on the road;
wind of each car passing lifts
a wing still in flight
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where Gay Cannon has written a very informative article on these often misinterpreted Japanese forms.
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also
because I got lucky and the poems in blue (#'s ii, iii, iv, and v) add up to exactly 55 words
I will let those who know more than I divide these into type, as I would probably be totally and completely wrong, so take them with a grain of western salt. I'm far from into this form. Most of these were posted on twitter in one form or another, the bird wing one I wrote about twenty five years ago, some, like the ghost ship one, were written today.
posted on flick'r by my good friend Petteri Sulonen,
who blogs on a wide range of subjects, including
matters economic, political and Zen at
a most excellent and eclectic site.
Thanks Petteri!
