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Autumn 2009, vol 7 no 3

HAIKU

Solo, Duo 1

leaves unfurl
colour deepens –
fresh tea

seagull cries
shift over
each other

takes nothing –
water on the backs
of limestone

morning
his gnarled bare feet walk
the same curb

the owl's call –
telling me yes
telling me no

morning walk to where lilacs bloom

scent of dry leaves ...
two seeds stuck on
the bath towel

morning sun ...
reading my old diary
by the window

Noon –
an old dog
just shy of shade

On the plains:
thoughts of Alabama
sea shells no longer cut

Alabama rain
pounding the roof,
constant lover

On a bare black twig,
one white apricot blossom,
frugal and lavish.

summer midnight
two good stars
in our sky

missing stars
where you are
where I am

At last
At night
Come back home.

  Against   ceaseless   tides
  floating gate of vermilion
changeable          changeless

magazine rack:
a Nation at the feet of
The Economist

cookie tray –
maybe just one
dozen

"leaves unfurl," "seagull cries" Christopher White	"takes nothing –" Tish Davis
"morning," "the owl's call –" Wende DuFlon	"morning walk to where lilacs bloom" Adelaide B. Shaw
"scent of dry leaves ...," "morning sun ..." K. Ramesh	"Noon –" Francis Masat
"On the plains:," "Alabama rain" Lisa Greer	"On a bare black twig," David B. Ring
"summer midnight," "missing stars" Jennifer Gomoll Popolis	"At last" Ashraful Musaddeq
"Against ceaseless tides" Peter L. Scacco	"magazine rack," "cookie tray –" David Ash