The lovely New Zealand journal, Kokaku, published two haiku and two tanka in their fall issue: Kokaku #37, 2022.
Kokaku #37, 2022
evening web –
the last plum blossom
caught fast
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corner flower shop –
if only our lives were
arranged so well
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quick twists and turns
of rutting deer ~
another season passes
adrift in colours
of passion and promise
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This tanka appeared on my blog last month but was from this issue (37):
a tiny fawn dead
by the side of the road –
I close my eyes & imagine
all those children lost
in Ukraine strikes
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Beautiful – as usual – and very moving. Thank you.
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