Tag Archives: love
One Man’s Maple Moon: Shimmer Tanka
English Original sometimes a shimmer on the stair a trace of your scent lingers in my memory and fills the air I breathe First published: The Bamboo Hut, Autumn 2016 Chinese Translation (Traditional) 有時候 樓梯上的微光 … Continue reading
World Tanka Contest 2019
falling in love under the stars elderberry clusters hang heavy with juice A love theme The 2019 World Tanka Poetry Contest, Honorable Mention http://lyricalpassionpoetry.yolasite.com/2019-world-tanka-contest-closed.php?fbclid=IwAR2Zp090J2xWe1BzwAP9EvNNq_V_POMmAbBq1xNQdweZG-gn9wesygTfXpw
Haiku – Stardust
the words you never say frozen stars Stardust Haiku, isue 28 April 2019 https://drive.google.com/file/d/15nCMwwlFVV3EIg6fqG6ktIxEyuKVlAC2/view?fbclid=IwAR0Mm9YTTUc2BnQ1Rm2lgNRWZAsrVcwgdGiZ2NSoVGkBjXxTBwr4S_lSxHM
Haiku Dialogue – a hand-me-down toy
the warm gaze of an old brown bear . . . Grandma’s kindness Haiku Dialogue – a hand-me-down toy Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog 17 April 2019 https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2019/04/17/haiku-dialogue-whats-at-hand-week-12/?fbclid=IwAR0_Pzs-rpbrMJpu0fdHHkf3es7cM9WvLiHHuxSY-oTeiGvHE4LkIxIISh4
Abandon Tanka
English Original the jasmine spreads over the garden with abandon my hair unfurls unrestrained on your pillow without you The Bamboo Hut, Autumn 2016 Chinese Translation (Traditional) 廢棄的花園裡 隨處都是茉莉花 你不在 在你的枕頭上我的頭髮 無拘無束地攤開 Chinese Translation … Continue reading
Tanka – Luca’s Lily Pad
two otters float across the moon holding hands on the bridge we watch the world flow by Commentary: A tanka 短歌 (‘short poem’) with a classic and timeless aftertaste focused on love (ai 愛), the main theme of this … Continue reading
Haiku – FemkuMag
honeydew – the sweetness of my other half after sex he tells me I’m a whore FemkuMag, issue five October 2018 https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/f4c0ea_0a708a608d61429aa9d59215e456afa4.pdf https://femkumag.wixsite.com/femkumag?fbclid=IwAR31ToeZW962USeikdl9LwDuoxKoA9n-LTtcTOgMapCg2bEp93ib9WcpPQo
Martha Magenta 
Sharpening The Green Pencil Haiku Contest 2019
sea breeze… I breathe in your accent Commentary by Jim Kacian: Everything about this poem is charming: who does not welcome a sea breeze? And what is so winsome as a foreign accent (at least when we … Continue reading →