Month: September 2019

The Somonka

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The Somonka consists of two tankas written
in conversation with one another, reflecting upon a theme of love.

Winter/Fall

You love the winter,
the delicacy of snow.
I love your warmth,
the lightness of your fingers,
your perfect paper snowflakes.

You love the autumn
a golden world unfolding
I love your growth
dexterous like a spider
weaving into creation

Notes on Our Original Somonka

Special thanks to my lovely wife, Emily, who contributed the second tanka of this somonka.

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~A sample of what you’ll find at my new blog, Astra Poetica~

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The Tanka

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The Artist Knows

The artist knows
the bee in the sunflowers
shares a great lesson:
keep collecting that nectar
and the honey will come.

Volcano

The volcano,
long covered by the blue
ice of the glacier,
will soon strike out with fiery
eruptions of consequence.

Like a Child Moving

Like a child moving
endlessly from game to game
without tiring–
in the hummingbird’s garden
our hearts dance from joy to joy.

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~A sample of what you’ll find at my new blog, Astra Poetica~

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The Haiku Sonnet

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Among Cottonwoods

The autumn wind blows–
the storms of summer did not
drown the cottonwood.

From the hollow trunk,
monarchs fly away from death
and the coming frost.

They will return when
the soft white snowdrifts of seeds
burst forth in April.

The artist seated
at the roots will have to wait
to carve the soft wood.

Among cottonwoods,
the soul climbs and reaches out.

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~A sample of what you’ll find at my new blog, Astra Poetica~

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The Lune

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Photo Caption: The Lune (French for moon) is also known as the American Haiku, or Kelly Lune, after it’s creator Robert Kelly.

Three Original Lunes

the woods by the creek

the woods by the creek
all our best
silences were there


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she watches, wonders

she watches, wonders
in silence
the child in the leaves

who will comfort her
as she cries
as her forests burn

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from ancient darkness

from ancient darkness
sudden light
galaxies of soul

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~A sample of what you’ll find at my new blog, Astra Poetica~

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