Kasen
: Laughter Rising
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laughter rising
as the ribbons grow shorter
maypole dance
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Celia Stuart-Powles |
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the sea-scented
wind
through ripening rye
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Eiko Yachimoto |
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rainshowers ahead
blue paint
splashed across the road
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Susan Delphine Delaney |
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pattern half-finished
the plaid cat bolts…
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celia |
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peek-a-boo moon:
traces of dream
bathe my pillow
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Johnye Strickland |
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thud, on the thatched roof;
a persimmon
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eiko |
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bonfire night
youth beg
‘a penny for the guy’
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susan |
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Odysseus waits
inside the horse
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celia |
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crossing state lines
the gun moll
blows a bubble
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johnye |
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two rings and his initials
on her left breast
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celia |
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‘a caramel macchiato’
he orders for her
internet cafe
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susan |
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the moon freezes
Lake Mashu tonight
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eiko |
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startling the tourists…
the sharp snap of the swan’s
tail feathers
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johnye |
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we sent off the Pontiff
with nine absolutions
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susan |
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fingerprints and wrinkles
“De imitatione
Christi"
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eiko |
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sun salutation
stiff but earnest
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celia |
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in the lee
of the cherry:
a pink whirlwind
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susan |
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froggy went a-courtin’
and he did ride, um-hmm
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johnye |
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spring lullaby
new mother checks
twin name tags again
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celia |
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Mount St. Helens,
I bow as we fly past you
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johnye |
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sidewalk puddle
reflecting a buttermilk sky
and a wishing star
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susan |
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tanabata streamers with
gold and silver grains of sand
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eiko |
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through the bamboo gate
evening glories offered
on a fan
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celia |
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“all mimsy were the borogroves”
love, we collapse giggling
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susan |
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Lara’s theme
the ambience
of social turmoil
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eiko |
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the UN approves peace keepers
for Darfur
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johnye |
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shrouded in snow
at the edge of the forest
a herd of deer
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celia |
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a hamlet on the salt
road
bustles with kabuki
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eiko |
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eating squash soup
above the cornfield
fat yellow moon
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celia |
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a dragonfly leads the deaf boy
into evening glow
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johnye |
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* * * *
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weight of the fog,
on the tips of the saw grass
granddaddy longlegs
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johnye |
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on Mendeleev’s
faith
a space reserved for gallium
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susan |
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imagine
there is no hell nor heaven
it is easy to do
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sampling by eiko |
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digging the garden
bluejay on the fence
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celia |
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dogwood trail
he trembles at blossom-clouds
on the hill
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johnye |
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beach-combing
a seashell with a pearl
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susan |
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Participants:
Celia Stuart-Powles (USA)
Eiko Yachimoto (Japan) - lead poet
Susan Delphine Delaney (USA)
Johnye Strickland (USA)
Composed 18 May 2007 to 28 August 2007
Related articles
in this issue of Simply Haiku:
Tomegaki : Laughter Rising
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