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Autumn 2007, vol 5 no 3

RENKU
 

Junicho : About to Unfold

       

on the poppy
about to unfold,
a ladybird

     

kids chant flyaway
flyaway home

     

to impress guests
all the silver on show,
newly polished

     

my ten year old conker,
still quite a treasure

     

forced to flee their cave,
discovery!
first view of the moon

     

he'll take her out 'til late
to all the teenage haunts

     

on long dark evenings
she goes through all his stamps,
can't let them go

     

somewhere across the sea
tigers still free to roam

     

a glimpse of Blake's heaven
in every primrose
strewn across the bank

     

above the plain altar
stained glass angels

     

earlier day by day
so many beaks
open to the dawn

     

a white page
in a haiku notebook

     
     

A solo renku by Diana Webb
Composed 18 May 2007


 

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