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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

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Poets Salon – Wild

It’s an honour to see my haiku and tanka featured in Poets Salon with the theme Wild, along with some great poets.   incoming tide the eager thrust of a seagull’s wings Ο slow river daffodils nod at a passing … Continue reading

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Haiku – Frogpond

  time travel the perfume of a pink rose   Frogpond 42.2 2019 http://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/2019-issue42-2/index.html

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Family Values

  “Since then I’ve always thought that under rape in the dictionary it should tell the truth. It is not just forcible intercourse; rape means to inhabit and destroy everything.” Alice Sebold – ‘Lucky’   His-story is a global disease … Continue reading

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Haiku – tulips

  scent of snow . . . plastic tulips in the window   Haiku Dialogue – talk about tulips, 9 January 2019 Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2019/01/09/29104/#comment-93282

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Haiku – City sidewalk scents

  city sidewalk the musk of leaves in the gutter   A Sense of Place: City sidewalk scents, December 12, 2018 Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/12/12/a-sense-of-place-city-sidewalk-smell/?fbclid=IwAR1N-DX65mXSUxJ2OwsoV9ye6_h-SQxHBm6rhiDWzvtNMnXXOYG7BPJlg-c

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A Sense of Place, Hiking Trail Scents

  coastal hike the scent of heather on the hill   Editor’s comment: Here we are situated on a coast, where the humidity can help to carry scent – when I read this poem I am sure I can smell it… … Continue reading

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A Sense of Place – Meadow-Field – smell

  scent of summer the horse’s fresh straw bed   Troutswirl The Haiku Foundation Blog, October 3, 2018 A Sense of Place – Meadow-Field – smell https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/10/03/a-sense-of-place-meadow-field-smell/

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Haiku – A Sense of Place: Mountain – smell

  mountain sunset the scent of wild chamomile under my feet   © Martha Magenta   A Sense of Place: Mountain – smell Troutswirl The Haiku Foundation Blog, August 29, 2018 https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/08/29/a-sense-of-place-mountain-smell/

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Haiku – A Sense of Place: THE SHORE – SMELL

  scent of the sea a gull shifts the wind in its wings   © Martha Magenta   A Sense of Place: THE SHORE – SMELL Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/07/25/a-sense-of-place-the-shore-smell/

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