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 Dec 2017
Ryan Holden
Dolphins skip over
The ocean surface catching
wind between wet fins.
 Dec 2017
Richard Grahn
a caterpillar
takes flight on sweet winds of change...
chrysanthemums bloom
Wrote this thinking about my early years and the many changes taking place at the time.
 Nov 2017
Christian Bixler
passing showers
press leaves to soil
a conversation
Seen through many windows, and as the rain cooled me in July.
 Nov 2017
Jim Davis
Leaf spinning in air
It’s time to live, now is gone
The still tree stands tall

©  2017 Jim Davis
 Nov 2017
Kobayashi Issa
In this world
we walk on the roof of hell,
gazing at flowers.
 Nov 2017
Kobayashi Issa
Don't worry, spiders,
I keep house
casually.
 Nov 2017
Jim Davis
As winds blowing through
Unless I am a mind's thought
How can I exist

For where would a flower's sweet beauty be, without me to  see

Of course then, as also I think

Where would sweet me be without
Flower's sweet beauty to see

Could also so easily say

Where would sweet me be without
All your sweet beauty to see

©  2017 Jim Davis
From Wikipedia -   Waka. Waka, Japanese poetry, specifically the court poetry of the 6th to the 14th century, including such forms as the chōka and sedōka, in contrast to such later forms as renga, haikai, and haiku. The term waka also is used, however, as a synonym for tanka (“short poem”), which is the basic form of Japanese poetry.
 Jun 2017
Jim Davis
As the meadowlark
Singing after fresh spring rain
Poets need the same

©  2017 Jim Davis
 May 2017
Elizabeth Squires
a southerly breeze
danced around the elm trees
teasing their leaves
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