Sanguine September

TANKA
the station asks
for a money donation
I ask for a mug
(ugly, baby-poop yellow
made in China)
~
SENRYU
three huge projects loom
yet she sits outside and reads
the morning paper
~
FOUND CINQUAIN
Asleep,
lying face down,
flat in the road, squirrel slow
to stir in August's heat. He rolls
over. (from Ron Wolfe, ADG)
~
HAIKU
bluejay and starling
face off for the fallen seeds
late summer shower
~
SENRYU
Mom...gone these four years
still, she gets address labels
from Feed the Children
~
HAIK-SEN
I'm still outside
but outside, it's not still
welcome summer breeze
~
SENRYU
WEATHER GUARD business
not resting on Labor Day~
breeze through the windchimes
~
SEN-NEWS
combat forces gone
but two US servicemen
killed walking to talks
~
HAIKU
on the porch swing
driven inside
by blowing rain
~
c September 10 2010 lovepat press
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