Haiku of J. Zimmerman
(first published in Modern Haiku, The Heron's Nest,
Roadrunner, Ribbons, Geppo, moonset, etc.)
Prize-winning and honorable-mention Haiku of J. Zimmerman
2011:
Second Prize Award
Yuki Teikei Haiku Society's
Tokutomi Memorial Haiku Contest 2011,
judged by Toru Kiuchi
and
kris moon
and to be published in the
Yuki Teikei Haiku Society's
2012 Membership Anthology:
Munitions worker
staggering home from the pub —
dark billowing cloud
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2009:
Accepted for 2nd Annual Basho Haiku Challenge chapbook,
to be published 2010:
2007:
Honorable Mention in
Yuki Teikei Haiku Society's
Tokutomi Memorial Haiku Contest 2007,
judged by Yoko Senda
and
Naoki Kishimoto
and published in the
Yuki Teikei Haiku Society's
2008 Membership Anthology:
Blue unicycle
riding by New Year's morning
balanced ... unbalanced
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Haiku of J. Zimmerman: Anthologized
2013: Anthologized in
nothing in the window: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2012
(editor Jim Kacian & the Red Moon Editorial Staff).
we exchange
medical advice
summer fog
[First published in Frogpond (v35:1, 2012)]
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2012: Anthologized in
carving darkness: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2011
(editor Jim Kacian & the Red Moon Editorial Staff).
As I turn the page
Napoleon leaves Moscow
fading winter light
[First published in The Heron's Nest (2011)]
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2012: Anthologized in Caught in the Breeze
(edited by Susan Antolin), the haiku anthology of the
5th Haiku Pacific Rim Conference:
Five-yard-long tentacles
of the purple-striped jelly —
sibling rivalries
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2011: Anthologized in The Temple Bell Stops (editor Robert Epstein)
Thistledown
drifting toward its shadow
my friend's last day
[First published in The Heron's Nest (2009)]
Lotus reflections
the hospice visitor
just sits
[Published in Flying White (Yuki Teikei 2006 anthology)]
Needles of rain
stitching the graveside
to the grave
[First published in Frogpond (2010)]
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2011: Anthologized in Dreams Wander On (editor Robert Epstein)
The falconer
raises her fist
this brief life
[First published in Flying White (Yuki Teikei 2006 anthology)]
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2010: In
the 2nd Annual Bashō Haiku Challenge Chapbook.
Includes
ordering information ($3 postpaid in USA; $4.00 overseas).
Emptiness at the Kathamandu temple — dew polishes the prayerwheels
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See the
actual challenge winners at Lilliput Review's blog.
Check the
Lilliput Review's blog
for the next Bashō Haiku Challenge contest.
Haiku of J. Zimmerman first published in Modern Haiku
Also see
information on Modern Haiku.
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| First published in Modern Haiku
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43, Number 3
(Autumn 2012)
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Parisian sun
the taste of a Madeleine
when I kiss you
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43, Number 2
(Summer 2012)
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Last day of the year
recycled paper
jams my printer
| 7
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43, Number 2
(Summer 2012)
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Reflected
in a dew drop
New Year's dawn
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43, Number 2
(Summer 2012)
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Not the answer
I was expecting
heat haze
| 5
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43, Number 1
(Winter/Spring 2012)
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Translucent sails
of the three-masted sailing ship
late winter sun
| 4
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43, Number 1
(Winter/Spring 2012)
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Shadows lengthening
the coolness
between us
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41, Number 1
(Winter/Spring 2010)
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Misty pines
and a perfect cobweb —
maybe I'll start again
| 2
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39, Number 2
(Summer 2008)
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Cutting the plum tree's shallow roots autumn equinox
| 1
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Haiku of J. Zimmerman first published in The Heron's Nest
See also
information on The Heron's Nest.
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| First published in The Heron's Nest
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Volume XIV, Number 2 (June 2012)
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Rabbits at dusk
as if foxes did not also
love twilight
| 15
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Volume XIV, Number 1 (March 2012)
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Swollen moon
the winter diet
of comfort food
| 14
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Volume XIII, Number 4 (December 2011)
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As I turn the page
Napoleon leaves Moscow
fading winter light
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Volume XIII, Number 2 (June 2011)
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Winter pear
my breath condenses
on the knife
| 12
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Volume XIII, Number 2 (June 2011)
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Spring morning
doing something new
with pink scarves
| 11
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Volume XI, Number 4 (December 2009)
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Thistledown
drifting toward its shadow
my friend's last day
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Volume XI, Number 3 (September 2009)
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Sunset and moonrise —
if only I could learn
to be faithful
| 9
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Volume XI, Number 2 (June 2009)
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Moving day
the children stick postage stamps
on the bare kitchen floor
| 8
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Volume X, Number 2 (June 2008)
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Redwood sorrel buds ...
beyond the missing bridge
the vanishing trail
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Volume X, Number 1 (March 2008)
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Winter sunset
on the surf line
jellyfish globes
| 6
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Volume IX, Number 3 (September 2007)
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Family quarrel
the breakfast tartness
of fresh quince jam
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Volume IX, Number 2 (June 2007)
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Bright jacaranda
filling the hill town courtyard —
the grindstone's whir
| 4
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Volume IX, Number 1 (March 2007)
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Crowded wharf café
old fishermen comparing
night crawlers
| 3
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Volume VIII, Number 4 (December 2006)
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Wedding reception
the unfolding tail
of a white peacock
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Volume VIII, Number 2 (June 2006)
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Pale green waves
jostle ashore in twilight ...
the throb of bullfrogs
| 1
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Haiku of J. Zimmerman first published in bottle rockets
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| First published in bottle rockets
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Haiku of J. Zimmerman first published in Chrysanthemum
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| First published in Chrysanthemum
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Number 9 (April 2011)
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night sky full of clouds
backlit by a full moon —
grandma's Alzheimer's
With Dietmar Tauchner' translation into German:
wolkiger Nachthimmel
beschienen vom Vollmond —
Omas Alzheimer
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Number 6 (October 2009).
Autumn 2009 issue of
Chrysanthemum (Number 6):
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Barefoot on gravel
if only I weighed much less —
a cloud of butterflies
| 1
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Haiku of J. Zimmerman first published in Frogpond
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| First published in Frogpond
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In the Autumn 2012 issue
of Frogpond
35:3 (2012)
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Hiroshima Day
the ache
of knitting bones
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In the Spring/Summer 2012 issue
of Frogpond
35:2 (2012)
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Convalescing
all the things I plan to do
with a weed whacker
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In the Winter 2012 issue
of Frogpond
35:1 (2012)
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we exchange
medical advice
summer fog
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In the Autumn 2011 issue
of Frogpond
34:3 (2011)
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Sun-warm apricots
overripe just enough
the musk of his skin
| 3
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In the Winter 2011 issue
of Frogpond
34:1 (2011)
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Needles of rain
stitching the graveside
to the grave
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In the Spring/Summer 2010 issue
of Frogpond
33:2 (2010)
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Plump buckeye fruit
tugging down the bare branch-end —
midlife pregnancy
| 1
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Haiku of J. Zimmerman first published in A Hundred Gourds
Haiku of J. Zimmerman first published in Magnapoets
First published in the July 2010 issue of Magnapoets:
Peace-talks abandoned
the neighbor's gate
bangs in the windstorm
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Haiku of J. Zimmerman first published in moonset
In the Spring/Summer 2008 issue of moonset:
Limestone mountains
sometimes the Goddess sings
sometimes the wind
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Haiku of J. Zimmerman first published in Mu
In Mu's second (2011) issue:
the time it takes
for her grave to fill
with roses
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Haiku and senryu of J. Zimmerman first published in Notes From the Gean
http://www.notesfromthegean.com/archives/sept-2011/haiku/haiku_018.html
granite mountain
I scatter his ash
on frosted shadows
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In Notes From the Gean Vol. 3, issue 2 (2011):
heavy snow
my trust in him
stumbles
year-end pleas
fluttering through the mail slot
a jay's cry
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In Notes From the Gean (2011):
granite mountain
I scatter his ash
on frosted shadows
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In Notes From the Gean Vol. 2, issue 4 (2011):
Memorial Day
grandmother wishes on a star
for a grandchild
The moon turns red
as it enters Earth's shadow
all that love making
The baby monitor
babbles to itself
night of shooting stars
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In Notes From the Gean Vol. 2, issue 2 (2010):
Rusty Cadillac
filigreed with spider webs —
a church bell tolls
River eddy
someone else's route map
slowly dissolves
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In Notes From the Gean issue 4 (March 1, 2010):
Creak of a wheelchair
the man's small hands
prune each bonsai tree
Pampas grass plumes
shredding in the breeze —
I want to be Egyptian
Reading his mind
incorrectly again —
evening chill
Ukulele beginner
her fingers ache
with love songs
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Haiku of J. Zimmerman first published in Roadrunner
Also see
information on Roadrunner e-magazine.
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First published in Roadrunner
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In the February 2011 issue of Roadrunner
(using an experimental 4-line format):
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An ice-blade song
hooks down deep
going out
returning
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In the February 2008 issue of Roadrunner:
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I sang for your wedding bath, your wedding bed
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Haiku of J. Zimmerman in Saijiki
In the First Edition of the
San Francisco Bay Area Nature Guide and Saijiki
edited by Anne M. Homan, Patrick Gallagher, and Patricia Machmiller
(first publication in this book except where stated):
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| Kigo: phrase denoting the season
| Poem
| Where first published
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| Spring
| Gray fox
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Monastery woods
gray fox and her kit
watching me watching them
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(This Saijiki)
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| Spring
| Globe lily
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New trail
bends round
the globe lily
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the GEPPO magazine of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society
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| Summer
| Artemesia (beach sagewort)
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Graceful sand dunes
silver-green Artemesia
a vast corps de ballet
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(This Saijiki)
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| Summer
| Live-forever (Dudleya)
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Bright Live-Forever
on the golden shore
boys digging sand palaces
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(This Saijiki)
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| Autumn
| Buckeye
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Plump buckeye fruit
tugging down the bare branch-end —
midlife pregnancy
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Frogpond (2010)
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| Autumn
| Pickleweed
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Elkhorn Slough maze
branching through pickleweed
the lost kayakers
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(This Saijiki)
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| Winter
| Cold rain
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Cold rain
the smell of wet woolen clothes
fills the hiking hut
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(This Saijiki)
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| Winter
| Kelp wrack
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Morning-after friends
tangled in Feather Boas
plucked from kelp wrack
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(This Saijiki)
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| Winter
| Snow on the peak
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Snow on the peaks
lasts almost till noon —
this fast-paced life
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(This Saijiki)
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Haiku of J. Zimmerman first published in Geppo
Several of her haiku have been voted "Best of Issue" by readers of the
haiku magazine Geppo.
Syllable counters will notice that, while the poet began using the "5-7-5"
convention, she later become more concise:
waiting for moonrise
the man on the yellow cart
whistles Puccini
(Geppo, January 1996)
autumn loneliness
finding your postcard
from Manhattan
(Geppo, September 2001)
ice fishing
father teaching his son
silence
(Geppo, January 2002)
Empty nest —
a chipped blue cup
of bitter tea
(Geppo, September 2010)
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Haiku of J. Zimmerman published in Membership Anthology Yuki Teikei Haiku Society
Poems selected by anthology editors for various issues of the
Annual membership anthologies
of the
Yuki Teikei Haiku Society.
wild violets
(2011 anthology).
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Empty nest --
a chipped blue cup
of bitter tea
[An earlier version was in Geppo (2010)]
Whiz of a snowball
suddenly every child
looks angelic
[Originally in Geppo (2010)]
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Autumn Deepens
(2010 anthology)
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Tickle of sweat ...
her first bocce ball
kisses its target
[An earlier version was in Geppo (May 2009)]
Loneliness
the white egret watches
the tide turn
[Originally in Geppo (March 2009)]
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Extinguished Candles
(2009 anthology)
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Alone
watering sunflowers
tall as her son was
[An earlier version was in Geppo (September 2008)]
Summer heat
the sous-chef and the chocolate
out of temper
[Originally in Geppo (September 2008)]
Months after his death
the river light he showed me
still shimmers
[In memory of James Arnold at Big Basin State Park]
[Originally in Geppo (January 2008)]
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muse of the bird-song tree
(2008 anthology)
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Family quarrel
the breakfast tartness
of fresh quince jam
[Heron's Nest (2007)]
Sharp crescent moon —
the white goat scratches his shoulder
with his curved horn
[Geppo (September 2007)]
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fog and brittle pine
(2007 anthology)
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September night
at the tamper-proof trash-cans
the skinny raccoon
Autumn again
the redwood trail vanishes
beyond the broken bridge
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flying white
(2006 anthology)
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lotus reflections
the hospice visitor
just sits
the falconer
raises her fist
this brief life
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(2005 anthology)
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Yosemite Falls
windswept into airy plumes
the monks' orange robes
the whole forest
running through the winter river
one water ouzel
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migrating mist
(2003 anthology)
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liquid bird song
as if the green river
spoke
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The Heron Leans Forward ...
(2002 anthology)
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autumn loneliness
finding your postcard
from Manhattan
[Originally in Geppo (2001)]
chilly night
from the doorway sleeping bag
a man's muffled cough
ice fishing
father teaching his son
silence
[Originally in Geppo (2002)]
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Spring Sky
(2001 anthology)
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summer breeze
rattles the dry bamboo —
these old bones
first day of autumn
noticing her friend's new
wrinkles
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