Magnapoets Japanese Form

spring clean-up
in the sweat of hard work
a settling peace

Adelaide B. Shaw
3 Lights Gallery,summer 2009

Fourth of July 

a teenager crosses

against the light

I wish all my friends a glorious fourth. The fourth may not be a holiday where you are, but I hope it's glorious anyway.

evening jogging -
alone with my thoughts
and the sound of leaves

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footing du soir -
seul avec mes pensées
et le bruit des feuilles

first light . . .

after the car alarm

birdsong

[First published at Temps Libre]

bird whistles-
pink and azure  highlights
ease into morning

summer solstice -
the neighbour at the top
of his cherry tree

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solstice d'été -
le voisin à la cime
de son cerisier

Corpus Christi
a pregnant woman
climbs the church steps

[First place, Caribbean Kigo Kukai, June 2009. The kigo, "Corpus Christi," refers to a feast honoring the Eucharist, observed in the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican community.] 

long twilight

the old widower argues

with his wife

[First published in Noes from the Gean]

the great river
absorbs a little river--
stars vanishing

. . . Notes From the Gean I:1

first summer day -
blades of grass
on the doormat

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premier jour d'été -
des brins d'herbe
sur le paillasson