Full  moon  -this morning

falling asleep in the arms

of the rising sun  


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Unanswered questions

swept away in a whirlwind --

fallen leaves


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Dawn --a little paler,

and wilting honeysuckle

at the frosted window

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Tanka XXIV

.
flowers bloom
even under a summer storm
petals unfolding
What have you done to my heart,
shuttered to the brightest sun?



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Tanka XXIII

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Tonight the Thames
carves a translucent jade bowl
of a July rose moon;
many moons past -- since you and I,
shared wine from the same cup


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.
in sweltering heat

dew-drops of sweat on my brow

planting snowflakes


(Snowflakes, garden plant: Gypsophila Paniculata)


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Tanka

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stiffling morning heat

last night's thunder nothing but

--an unkept promise

once, you went to fetch the moon

and like the rain, didn't return.


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Midsummer night

lingering in rose garden

--scented memories



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By the canal
sharing a summer lunch,
the ducks and I

The strolling tourists
wool-wrapped for the occasion
-- midsummer in England

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