Magnapoets Japanese Form

starry night the darkness between fireflies

(Published in Acorn #20)

business district -

a paper plane

in a puddle -

***

quartier des affaires -

un avion de papier

dans une flaque

days later . . .

the quarrel

where we left it

(Published in Chrysanthemum)

more than once
I've ended up lost
in this maze of a town,
on my way to
nowhere in particular

"Tanka Cafe," Ribbons, spring 2008

April morning -

I choose the bowl

with the wild flowers

***

matin d'avril -

je choisis le bol

aux fleurs des champs

those young years
I spent trying
not to be him;
now, in photos, me
with the same stern jaw

Simply Haiku, spring 2008.

 

main street

a red pick-up cruises

the spring rain

I meander
through tall pines,
before morning
lose myself in a forest
of green flannel sheets

        squinting,
        I imagine it . . .
        our rustic home
        sprouting up
        through winter ryegrass

"meander" pub'd in MET and "squinting" in Landfall.

a pocketful

of small change . . .

the stars

(Published in a slightly different form in Sketchbook, March 2008)

wind in the pines

I reach past

my fingertips