Magnapoets Japanese Form

daydreaming . . .                                              
through a salt-spattered window
I watch the rain

 

First published in 3Lights Gallery, Summer 2009

daily horoscope -
a little bit of her
in every sign

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horoscope du jour -
chercher un peu d'elle
dans chaque signe

Have a nice summertime et rendez-vous début août !

spring clean-up
in the sweat of hard work
a settling peace

Adelaide B. Shaw
3 Lights Gallery,summer 2009

there's no place like home–-

but I like to visit Oz

every now and then

See you in a few weeks.     

Fourth of July 

a teenager crosses

against the light

I wish all my friends a glorious fourth. The fourth may not be a holiday where you are, but I hope it's glorious anyway.

evening jogging -
alone with my thoughts
and the sound of leaves

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footing du soir -
seul avec mes pensées
et le bruit des feuilles

first light . . .

after the car alarm

birdsong

[First published at Temps Libre]

this year, too

the forecast calls for rain –

summer holiday

First published in Ambrosia

one thought

absorbed by the next...

sunset clouds

 

 

 

 

bird whistles-
pink and azure  highlights
ease into morning

summer solstice -
the neighbour at the top
of his cherry tree

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solstice d'été -
le voisin à la cime
de son cerisier

UNTITLED HAIBUN

Icon, idol, pop singer, celebrity.  A mystery, a curious oddity.  Loved and hated, revered and distained.  Michael Jackson.

a seedling
grown into its unique form
before dying;
we enjoyed its shade
while questioning its shape

Adelaide B. Shaw

abroad again--
I miss you
Italian espresso

in foster care
I never wept
just silently bore
my fate like a parcel
too heavy to carry

first published in Ribbons

Corpus Christi
a pregnant woman
climbs the church steps

[First place, Caribbean Kigo Kukai, June 2009. The kigo, "Corpus Christi," refers to a feast honoring the Eucharist, observed in the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican community.] 

last days of winter –

a jumble of tarnished silver

on the sideboard

 

First published in The Heron's Nest

 

 

long twilight

the old widower argues

with his wife

[First published in Noes from the Gean]

housebuilding – I need
large closets, hardwood floors
a bay window –
his one request?
a  bathtub big enough for two

first published in red lights

the great river
absorbs a little river--
stars vanishing

. . . Notes From the Gean I:1

first summer day -
blades of grass
on the doormat

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premier jour d'été -
des brins d'herbe
sur le paillasson