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Christos Rigakos Aug 2012
the cat waits
the cat waits
beyond his door
an empty room
where he still spends his time
in my memory

(C)2007, Christos Rigakos
Tanka
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Christos Rigakos Aug 2012
brother's old pictures
brother's old pictures
in every room
his absence
father has escaped
into the television

(C)2007, Christos Rigakos
Tanka
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Christos Rigakos Aug 2012
staring
staring
into old pictures
a way back
to a time when brother
did what he did in pictures

(C)2007, Christos Rigakos
Tanka
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Christos Rigakos Aug 2012
autumn wind
autumn wind
the hand grasps
air
devoid of it
death is as elusive

(C)2007, Christos Rigakos
Tanka
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Christos Rigakos Aug 2012
cloud writing
cloud writing
across the sky
i seek his face

(C)2007, Christos Rigakos
Haiku
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Christos Rigakos Aug 2012
his laughing voice
his laughing voice
filling my ears
the memory of him

(C)2007, Christos Rigakos
Haiku
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Christos Rigakos Aug 2012
mother cries
mother cries
over again
her son's name

(C)2007 Christos Rigakos
Haiku
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