by Ivory Web | Jan 7, 2011 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
For the Birds: Haiku Sequenceoverheada flapping crowwindless dayfluff or flarfearly autumn windwarbling songbirdsahead of the stormthe prickle of coastal cypresspelicans tacking homewithout a rivalthe jay is silentburied treasurethe lead seaunder a cloud bankpiercing...
by Ivory Web | Dec 7, 2010 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
In the sitting roomI stand amid the silenceof a tall window.# # # # # Death and taxation.Both I have come to accept.I miss certainty. # # # # #A girl of no agemessages an old lover.Learning to touch-type. * Andrew Cannon is a middle-aged poet with a...
by Ivory Web | Nov 26, 2010 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
A steel meat hook Clink-clanks onto the tile floor;Dead ears don't hear# # # # #TV aerials against The evening sky The smell of supper# # # # #The smog and grumbleOf cars returning homeWakes the streetlamps* Phuoc-Tan Diep is a poet and a histopathologist hidden...
by Ivory Web | Nov 20, 2010 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
Kigo. Summer’s last day Exactly as summer’s first A sinking feeling. # # # # # September’s shadow A black cloud that follows me The sun still hiding. # # # # # New love and new life Create warmth within my chest Breath becomes...
by Ivory Web | Nov 12, 2010 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga
The Old Pueblo Haikus Cactus with Christmas lightsstrewn carefully aroundpins and needles Palm tree and cactuscommingle at aTucson intersection Snow-topped mountainsblue sky in the desertme outside in short sleeves* Michael Frissore has a...
