day moon
a symbol of luck
for me
it could be good or bad
but something will happen

#tanka #MayTanka #NaTankaMo

clouds drift - tom clausen tomclausen.com/2024/05/29/clo…

summer moon
only an alley cat knows
where an alley cat goes

the spark
in my bonfire heart
and in your eyes --
butterflies mating
on a wildflower

tinyurl.com/3uy55nj2 #butterflies #relationship #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem

bodies are eternal celestial objects
seasons of darkness

--Tsugio Kawana

身は無限の天体四季の闇　川名つぎお

四季の闇: lit. 'four seasons' darkness'; could be phrased 'the darkness of all seasons'; uncertain origin or reference

#haiku #translation

Last few days to enter the TSA Contest:

tankasocietyofamerica.org/tsa-contest/20…

#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry

base of stomach outbreak of sun after stormpour

#senryu

everyone against me—my body despises me as well

#senryu

after rainpour: sound of lawnmowers and...and...

#senryu

english language senryu: tying honeysuckle in knots

#senryu

unkindness has a sound: conflict in the Congo downplayed

#senryu

reading scripture—humanity's plight not that hard to see

#senryu

rodeo days: scent of turkey-on-a-stick

#senryu

fragrant orange rinds my life amounts to spilled milk

#senryu

whipped cream
is self-abandonment
a thing

#senryu

after work
meeting him
for a movie...
to myself wondering:
'do people still go to
movie theaters'

#sedoka

soaring temperatures
after the rain
i've learned how
to move around
the broken
parts of myself

#sedoka

stacks
of binders and
books
on various subjects—
i suppose coffee-scent
is a welcome thing

#sedoka

feeling compelled
to say
'fuck you'
to anybody today—
lonely leaf in a puddle
weirdly beautiful

#sedoka

rhododendron afternoon—
our American Government...
it
all
falls
down

#sedoka