Japanese Short Form Poetry 2020-2021
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"We shall never understand one another until we reduce the language to seven words."- - Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine © 2007-2020
fallen fruit
searching for the gems
apple turnover
by margaret tau
memories
bluer
than the sky
last night—shut out of my own dreams
blue monsoon raining in me
by Hyacinth Bailey
a daymare
on this sunken sofa
the cat yawns
online—
a crow caws
beyond the window
so many prayers
amid this pandemic
spring rain
by Lenard D. Moore
receding waters
a wave of emotion
rushes through me
recovery
the songs
I promise to sing to you
social distancing
I walk along the black edge
of nightfall
morning dew
the weight
of the situation
leaves
dancing all night
to Sinatra
by R.D. Bailey
by Olivia Ark
a leaf apostrophes
‘
the sky
by Jared Mulhair
by Debbie Strange
first post-lockdown walk
a dog pees on a squat bush
no “new" normal here
rebel woodpecker
drumming the satellite dish
trees are for suckers
by Michelle T Simon
green-spots splash!
leopard pond frog
in moonstone waters [after Bashō]
gentle winds
gathering lost sheep
in the sky
by Jessica Renee Dawson
pandemic wake I don't mind the rain this time
by Hyacinth Bailey
sun’s fiery orb
accents sandstone red
until nighthawks call
boys chasing fireflies
with glowing faces
cricket ensemble
lightning
fragrant sparks
of burning cedar
by Doug Lanzo
finding you
the way a pine tip
finds a star
murmurs
gray mist thins
over the pond
by Jann Wright
autumn wind
where will you be in a moment,
withered leaf?
at the hub of activity
a knot of ants
pulling a cockroach
by Bakhtiyar Amini
winter mountain hut
the burn of gluhwein
in my throat
by David Watts
garden dwarfs
my daughter plays
Snow White
by Maya Daneva
by Debbie Strange
Am I a thorn or
A spur in your side or gnat
To swat? At least that
by Heather Robinson
by Debbie Strange
long drought the birdbath moonless
shortening days
I stomp in the leaf barrel
to make more room
kite wind...
so caught up
in you
by Brad Bennett
by Debbie Strange
exchanging it
for a larger size
regret
singing in the camp shower tree frogs
robin
turning
leaves
raindrops on a fallen leaf
yet another side of me
by Seren Fargo
Patrick Stewart
his voice solidifies Sonnets
and softens crackling embers
ultrasound
the thump of a bee
against the window
(1st Place - Henderson Haiku Award 2019)
by R.D. Bailey
There's a bright, full moon right outside my window and I wouldn't have noticed if fireworks weren't going off below.
quiet moon
overseeing
the sparkling fireworks
by Hyacinth Bailey
a flurry of snow
the night settles
on each crow
lullaby of rain
another pinch of saffron
in the pumpkin soup
by Alan Summers
"lullaby of rain" Publication credits: Heron's Nest (Volume XIV, Number 4 December 2012); The Haiku Calendar 2014 (Snapshot Press, 2013); The Haiku Foundation Per Diem (18/7/14); Award Credit: Editors' Choices, Heron's Nest (Volume XIV, Number 4: Dec. 2012); Runner-up, The Haiku Calendar Competition 2013
Anthology credits: Another Trip Around the Sun: 365 Days of Haiku for Children Young and Old
(Brooks Books 2019); naad anunaad: an anthology of contemporary international haiku (Vishwakarma Publications, India, 2016); Haiku Society of America Merit Book Awards, Best Anthology [tie] 2017; The Wonder Code (2017); Winner: Touchstone Distinguished Books Award (The Haiku Foundation); Merit Book Award (Haiku Society of America); The Amazing Glass House: A Haiku Storybook author: Susan Beth Furst (Purple Cotton Candy Arts, October 2019)
when your credit score
stays at
666
night-sky petunias
the cosmos
within
by Roberta Beach Jacobson
Halloween treats
a tootsie roll and an apple
knocking on my door
by Seren Fargo
a dampened cloud
vague flickers
of the moon
by Hyacinth Bailey
silent night
a lullaby could fracture
the ebony sky
by Michelle T Simon
gibbous moon
glow on water
she walks away
by Linda Fuchs
Previous version of this published in Bear Creek Haiku, January, 2018
whispers in the wind
every leaf
tells a tale
somewhere between
here and there -
lost in the willows.
by Laura Lynn Driscoll
thick dust
on gran’s old piano
half-remembered melodies
rediscovering
all the dark corners
childhood home
by Louise Hopewell