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Stephen Lindow Aug 2020
I took a crow's
attention from
Mt. Fuji---
and now feel stupid



Rain pachinkos down
through neon characters:
GOOD NOODLES HERE



When I die I hope
all my dreams were recorded
onto DVD



Dear Moon,
hold still! The owl
has just started its song



When you return---
come thru the garden,
I've grown something
sweet for you



I watch ostrich
play tic-tac-toe
in the sand



In frosting silence,
sharp things become smooth
if kept in the sky long enough



Lying on the earth,
transparent katydids crouch
on my face---thru them,
I watch the Milky Way



The deaf church
cricket who is afraid
of heights

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As I am someone else's opinion,
I try to understand myself as a stranger.
I am familiar because of the strangeness.


On a funny note, I've been writing senryu for years and hadn't known it. Nietzsche also wrote in apercu--- but I hadn't known that either. I also take influence from the poetry of Jim Harrison and John Haines.

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