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February 2006 Issue VI:1
Haiku/Senryu
Keiko Izawa
winter loneliness
the warmth of
the old cat's tongue |
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heated argument...
in the soup bowl
a closed clam |
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indian summer
the faint taste of lemon soda
on his lips |
ed markowski
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fog...
i've got to begin
somewhere |
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long kiss
we peek
at the same time
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meditation hall
every monk
is nothing in disguise
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Ann K. Schwader
sculpture garden --
the criticism
of ravens |
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counting
the morning glories . . .
summer's end |
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blue light
threads the lavender
dragonfly |
Robbie Gamble
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almost
a regular pulse
heat lightning |
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tollbooth
collector's lipstick
bleeding |
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his sneakers dangling
from the telephone wire
cloudless sky |
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Helen Buckingham
morning neuralgia
the bus
throws its shadow
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feet in the harbour
trading
reflections |
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City dusk...
a single grey
balloon |
Dru Philippou
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the desert
in the still wings
of a dragonfly |
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cymbal clash
the silence
opening between them |
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Indian summer
two women on a bench
discussing hot flashes |
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Aurora Antonovic
unforecasted snowfall
his letter
in my inbox |
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bitter wind
the old man’s
empty pipe |
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chipped tombstone
not even the memories
are perfect |
Bruce Ross
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wave after wave crash
I begin to remember
something lost |
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Rosh Hashanah
around the fruit trees
deep morning mist |
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autumn rain
on a draft horse's belly
sawdust |
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eric houck jr.
once i too
believed in magic
winter's ache in my bones |
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widow's moon
the scarecrow
with mended clothes |
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midnight snow
only the streetlamps notice
how quietly |
Kevin Doran
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day planned for the hammock –
the top buttons undone
on your blouse . . .
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years after –
the same shrine
and effigy
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boxing day –
hung-over from irish
christmas cake
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Elizabeth Howard
hands on hips
three boys stand
by the fresh grave |
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deep in the woods
only the hermitage
covered with snow |
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a wide river
splashing rainbows
of naked children |
Peggy Willis Lyles
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a backhoe
stalled in goldenrod -
low sun |
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a lantern
in the pothole -
moonset |
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the net
into deep water
clearing sky |
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David Giacalone
last week of the year
ice floes rush
to the waterfall |
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january thaw
motionless trees
tremble in the river |
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hazy winter moon
the face I met
when our skin was smooth |
Margarita Engle
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old barn
freshly painted
the hex signs |
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windstorm
all the seagulls
fly sideways |
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wanderlust
in a long dream
time travel |
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John Stevenson
first snow. . .
settling into
old feelings |
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autumn rain-
certain thoughts
that I can’t shrug off |
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winter
the interval
between park benches |
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