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Earth pulls us downward
to regain its lost children
birds long left the nest
Scatterers blown by the wind
find their way in this grand world
In the summer's warmth
freedom of the quiet mind
talks in whispers now
Lost children blown windwards hear
the noisy silence of choice
Like all falling leaves
we will find our way back to
earth from whence we came
There to lie in turmoil’s grace,
our goodness to the earth replace
On hot summer days
my mind drifts back to the past
fishing beaver ponds
with my departed brother
to escape the heat
Japanese Poetry workshop: 4 haiku, 2 senryu, 1 tanka
By Ron Blue Demon77
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Haiku 1
Ominous clouds loom
signs of the approaching rain
for the thirsty plants
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Haiku 2
Green skies turbulent
ebon tendril reaches ground
Nature's fury's face
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Haiku 3
television shows
sometimes coincide with life
this seems trite, I know
but often happens in times
when my life is full of strife
Move your feet in dance.
Trip the light fantastical.
Laugh not when it falls.
Split water and aire.
Leap the Great Divide in fear.
Thus Koi and fools die.
"Haiku"
Equatorial
Midday sun no shadow thrown
A summertime home
"Haiku"
Where deep holes made damp
By Monsoon water way down
Drop bucket to fill
"Haiku"
The leaf twisted off
Fell to the hard frozen ground
The shadows grew long
"Haiku"
The blue bells did ring
The white bells swayed aloof
My lavender soon
"Senyru"
Many bad pains felt
A bonding that makes you cry
Tiny hands reach out
"Senyru"
Tanka: # 1
A ghastly screw up
The blue flashing behind me
A dreaded ticket
Twenty five years clean record
Down the drain one split minute
Tanka: #2
Tell tale smell of death
Secrets, lies, deceit finds light
Troubled sea rises
Pains from past immoral acts
Roll back stone thus uncover
Tanka: # 3
Brain freeze like a rock
Won't allow decisiveness
Builds stress when I try
A blinding force guides my thought
When making clear decisions
#1
Self professed genius
multiple advanced degrees
can't find car at Wal-mart
#2
Unsure why I take this action
or how to impliment
like the plan?
#3
Five trillion dollars more
unimaginable number
so much for "change"
#4
Tiny thong
bane of modesty
especially on him
Senyru: #1
Dry eyes low vision
Right eye twenty four-hundred
After glaucoma
Senyru: #2
Sooo broken hearted
You walked away with my sun
Tears fall as raindrops
Senyru: #3
It burns in my chest
Back tightens under pressure
Overcome by pain