.
rice paper –
how often do I eat
my words
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: writing
.
rice paper –
how often do I eat
my words
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: writing
.
growing old –
I get to know the back
of my eye
‘
NaHaiWriMo prompt: growing
.
theater night
my dress the same color
as the seats
NaHaiWriMo prompt: Theater
.
hanami
a girl asks
for cherries
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: cherry tree (viewing)
.
Epitaphios
in the procession
he gives her lilacs
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: religious ceremony
.
morning walk
sweet song of a bird
I don’t know
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: sweet
.
gloaming
after gathering leaves
an early night
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: weather
.
sweating the neck of the clay water pot
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: water
.
equinox
standing on my own
two feet
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: nature/equinox/earth
.
change of heart
on the back seat a single
rose
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: change
.
spring tides
the clay at the centre
of my being
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: arts and crafts
.
lazy Sunday
a choir boy misses
the bus
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: Sunday
.
fortune telling –
I study the flight patterns
of doves
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: luck
.
in my neighbors’ yard-
a blue tit pecks
his wisteria buds
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: hidden
.
Ides of March-
I cross the road
halfway
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: Ides of March
.
your touch
in the shape of this bowl –
Raku
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: gift; Joys of Japan: Raku
.
Cassiopeia –
in her laughing mouth
sparkle of a star
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: star
.
Fukushima moon
wave after wave
of prayers
.
.
Fukushima sky
waiting for the first signs
of spring
.
.
your gentle glow
outshines this solar storm –
full moon
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: moon
.
wiping the plate clean forgiveness
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: food
.
layers –
hidden behind her claws
angel wings
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: two sides
.
spring poppies –
not knowing who closed
her eyes
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: death of someone…
.
talking doll –
all those empty
endearments
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: doll
.
old paths
still the sound of crunching snow
underfoot
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: old
.
leap year
the rooster’s extra shrill
crow
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: leap year
.
snow at night –
the magic of a child’s
owl dream
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt
.
butterfly moon
the delicate structure
of white lies
.
.
spring dawn
a fox zips past
the gate
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: zip
.
homework –
drawing a big sun in bright
yellow
NaHaiWriMo prompt: yellow