Magnapoets Japanese Form

Lament for a Canine
Ray Rasmussen

"The coyote just snatched Tinker up and trotted off with her." The newspaper shows a woman, tears flowing down her cheeks, clutching Belle, her other long-haired Brussels Griffon. "We have to eliminate these killers," she's quoted as saying. "Who knows whether the neighbors' children will be next." Her newly built home is perched on the edge of the Whitemud Wildlife Sanctuary, a small nature reserve.

evening chill--
an ambulance and coyote
joined in chorus

all summer,
rain rain rain. . .
and even in the sun
the quiet breeze
spits at me

janet lynn davis
07-07

blind date Bingo -
her priest
double-checks my card

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first-date scrabble
she spells m-a-c-
h-i-s-m-o

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pallino
gets the only kiss -
blind date bocce

frosty night,
echo of a bell
opens the sky

(posted in Russia on Ulitka#1)

photo: ARTHUR GIACALONE

reading tanka
and yet more tanka
about cherry blossoms
how I crave
the top of a sundae

janet lynn davis
red lights; subsequently, MET

tiny guestroom -
an old friend sweating
on an old mattress

In Kirsty's Backyard

July heatwave –-
pensioner parked
in front of a fan

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