HAIKU
receding flood
the dampness in the
Christmas cheer
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tsuri-doro — a small journal of haiku and senryu
Issue# 20 – March/April 2024
Haiku
park grounds
a magpie feather
sheds its gloss
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( Modern Haiku 55.1 2024 )
HAIKU
old mining town
vying with the moon
the abandoned craters
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( Fratured By Cattails – HSA Member’s Anthology – 2023 )
HAIKU
backyard barbecue –
before the countdown
the reunion
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(Espacio Luna Alfanje, Jan 2024 – bringing in the new year )
Haiku
Black Friday Sales —
the new dog and I
smell the breeze
(Pan Haiku Review, Issue 2, Winter 2023, the theme was Kigo)
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golden wattle …
almost a gallop
in the dog’s stride
(First published in Hedgerow #135 ed. Caroline Skanne)
TANKA
through
the green radiance of a
chirping bush
brushing the breeze
from my face, I cycle on
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(Presence, Issue 77, Nov. 2023)
Haiku
half eaten banana
the magpies too
reluctant
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( Presence, Issue 77, Nov. 2023)
HAIKU
cape relinquished…
not the wonder woman
she used to be
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( Change – The British Haiku Society Members’ Anthology, 2023 )
TANKA
howling
in the backyard
neighbour’s dog…
the cry of loneliness
same as in humans
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(Blithe Spirit, Vol 33 Number 4, Nov. 2023)
HAIKU
coral dawn
the balcony alight
with foraging coucals
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(Blithe Spirit, Vol.33 Number 4, Nov. 2023)
HAIKU
cycling uphill —
the battle between
my strength and will
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lit windows
of the high-rise …
the lives within
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( 15th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest ~
Selected Haiku Submissions Collection )
HAIKU
burst of clivia
through the window
a soughing pine
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( cattails — Oct. 2023)
HAIKU
parallel parking
through the fence
the blazing red of a tomato
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(Blithe Spirit, Vol. 33 Number 3, August 2023)
TANKA
this stretch
of books lined
on the shelves
how I pursue solitude
through the perusal of words
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( One Moment at a Time, TSA Members’ Anthology, 2023 )
HAIKU
rain streaking
down train window —
absconding moon
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( Asahi Haikuist Network, Sept. 29, 2023 )