February 2012
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rising sun -
just a sneak preview
of tomorrow
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rock bound still
the liberator
of godly fire
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haloed moon ...
my shadow turns in
on itself
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venturing
from winter's dream -
a blue yawn
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open eyes ...
the revelation
of shadows
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empty path ...
first to be shed
are sandals
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stalling
under the ice -
spring bulbs
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a morepork
echoes its name ...
haloed moon
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overwhelmed
by indifferent stars ...
this embrace ours
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tear-filled eyes --
streaming overhead
star-filled night
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getting by
without articles
bare senryu
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windy day -
stretching the truth
across clouds
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moonless night
deepening streams
of gloom
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sepia moon ...
cuttlefish ripple
through dreams
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summer retreat ...
cicadas redefine
silence
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summer breeze
cicadas blur the bounds
of silence
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bumble bees
swoon from peonies -
valentine's day
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five seven five
the via negativa
of English haiku
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even
in this light ...
no more
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ash clouds ...
penitents turn
back home
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the faces
wincing in pain ...
also mine
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parting clouds ...
a godwit vanishes
from view
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the remains
of a godwit's flight ...
vapour trail
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a morepork's cry
attached to nothing ...
starless night
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rocks ooze
the lingering heat -
cicada chant
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a fantail flits
through dusk's antiphons -
shrove tuesday
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through the open door
of a tui's counterpoint
sound changes colour
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open door
a tui's counterpoint
changes colour
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her leitmotif
navigates the mists ...
hidden stream
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silent night -
white stones reflect
the unnamed