ODDS AND ENDS

(various haiku and tanka and a few deviations from strict form)



End of day, and now
the sound of rushing water
as I sat creek-side,
the warm sun and peaceful breeze--
just a cold night memory.
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Lavender and teal--
the colors of the dawn sky.
You are still asleep.
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Peach and blue today.
You are still asleep, while I
enjoy dawn alone.
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I sit on the pier;
the river flows slowly past.
So much like my life.
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River laps on shore,
a light breeze cools my body.
I don't want to leave.
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Calm water, light breeze;
quiet morning on the pier
writing simple lines
of haiku and tanka
while everyone else sleeps.
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Gray fisherman wading along our beach
how awkward you look,
and yet a certain majesty
as you stand motionless
Observing.
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Walking Columbus,
I think I may have taken
a wrong direction.

(written after walking along Columbus Street in San Francisco)
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She leaned against me,
then turned slowly in my arms
and kissed me softly.
I could not force my mind
to remain within the dream.
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White snow on green grass;
clouds obscure the dawning sun--
a New Year begins.
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Clouds part; sun lights way.
I resolve to not resolve.
A New Year begins.
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Dead roses lie on the table,
still bundled as they came from the store.
For want of water, they withered.
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