November 2011
26 posts
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#30 November 2011
homesick - a tree bends towards the light
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Haiku #29 November 2011
soft afternoon light - from behind open curtains purr of a kitten
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Haiku #28 November 2011
dance studio - learning to ignore wrong moves
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Haiku #27 November 2011
crisp autumn leaves musical chairs
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Haiku #26 November 2011
in synchrony - only now her silver thimble fits my finger
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Haiku #25 November 2011
ten-week-old kitten how the world calls out to you!
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Haiku #24 November 2011
breaking bread the sound of glass clinking against glass
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Haiku #23 November 2011
grilled sardines beyond the pines whispering sea
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Senryu #22 November 2011
knowing how we fail I keep my eye on the ball pilgrims
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Haiku #21 November 2011
off the isle of Skye - two whales break the surface
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Haiku #19 November 2011
kindness - collecting the acer from the grass
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Senryu #18 November 2011
once again she inverts the hourglass – Cinderella
Haiku #16 November 2011
late grapes – birds making a meal of the vine
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Haiku #15 November 2011
moving house –
my mother’s tea plates clink
inside the box
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(I am finally moving house tomorrow! I did wrap those plates in extra paper!)
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Senryu #14 November 2011
siesta my sister and I peep through half-closed shutters
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Haiku #13 November 2011
lunch a fishbone swims down my throat
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Haiku #11 November 2011
running along the rim of the crater – old soldier
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Haiku #10 November 2011
weeping meadow - every time love loses its dream .
Inspired by the film of Theo Angelopoulos’ The Weeping Meadow (watch the trailer)
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Haiku #9 November 2011
volcanic ash - the taste of the market fallout
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Haiku #8 November 2011
Mars swallows – we beam them down for winter
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Haiku #7 November 2011
dark moon– at the foot of the Parthenon last throw of the dice
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Haiku #5 November 2011
changing gear – instead of inscribing I tweet
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Haiku (senryu) #4 November 2011
Rosetta Stone - a life in three languages
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Haiku #3 November 2011
cactus needle – loneliness turned inside out
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Haiku #2 November 2011
under the red maple red maple – autumn’s harvest
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Haiku #1 November 2011
ant lines - weaving a pine needle necklace