red lights

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downpour...
your sandals still run
on the lawn
while you sip jasmine tea
in my room
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two-day moon
cuts through the night
leaving a mark
on the poem
yet to be written
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red lights, Vol. 3, No. 1, January 2007

The 40th WHA Haiga Contest (12/2006) Natalia Rudychev

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Japanese translation by Ban'ya Natsuishi
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Modern English Tanka (taiga)

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Modern English Tanka, Winter 2006, Volume 1, Number 2, 154-155

Modern English Tanka

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replacing each other
seasons come and go
under the moon
every step I have taken
leads to your door
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just before dawn
nine rosebuds
rest on the pillow
ready to bloom
for each shared year
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weeping willow
we've passed every day
is sawed down
I can tell by your face
that you miss it

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Modern English Tanka, Winter 2006, Volume 1, Number 2, 124

Haigaonline

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Haigaonline, issue 7-2, autumn/winter 2006

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Wisteria

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family album -
dry leaves
in the chain link fence

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on the lake
blue heron
meets its shadow
no words can explain
your touch
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