Magnapoets Japanese Form

waves crash
on shore, only to pull back
again—
as though I need to explain
why I love you

first published in MET
photo taken and copyrighted by zwitser

my father's funeral

at last

I meet him

 

tinywords, 8 June 2006

age eight
I watched them take my father
by ambulance
seventeen years later
here I am waiting, waiting

first published in MET
photo taken and copyrighted by  Annet van Raalten

toad in the path

pondering

my next move

fresh snow
untouched unmarred
how I wish
to start my life
over again

first published in MET
photo taken and copyrighted by jaynenjoe

a pretty girl's smile

in a crowded subway car

on Monday morning—

come on, old rest-of-the-day,

what have you got to offer?

train whistle

a gust of wind moves

the windmill’s arms

 

published in Riverbed Haiku, spring 2008

 

monasteries
carved into mountains
hidden
from those
who hate God

           trees heavy
           with red and green
           fruit—
           in a dream, I tell my dead sister
           about the promotion

parkside
he wants to analyze our relationship
I’d rather discuss
the blues of the skies
the motion of the river

first published in MET
photo taken and copyrighted by mirlen

pieces of bread

in the middle of the lawn -

a white feather

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des restes de pain

au milieu de la pelouse -

une plume blanche

spring sunset

leaves me for the first time

in warm air

and loud crickets-

thinking of our first kiss