Simply Haiku: Quarterly Journal of Japanese Short Form Poetry ~ Renku

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Autumn 2009, vol 7 no 3

RENKU

A Cup of Steam

frosty morning -- a cockpheasant splashes colour on the lawn	nd
icy fingers grasp a cup of steam	hj
one sob story later the dishcloths I didn't really want	sw
the radio drifts just a bit off station	jec
across the vale a tractor marks its path through moonlight	nd
glimmering in the deep early herring -------	hj
a diamond tongue stud slips between lips cauldron black as blood	sw
oh for those kebabs and sweet chilli sauce	jec
raw sewage from a broken pipe seeps into the canal	nd
an empty room the rusty clock stands still	hj
last day of summer term their bicycles wait side by side	sw
but soft! what light through yonder window breaks?	Shakespeare
like a shattered pane this love now sundered and forsaken	nd
frantically the squirrel grabs another nut	jec
the bald devil drunk and laughing under the full moon	hj
the garden blooms spent fireworks and dew -------	sw
Magister Basho goes running round his barren moor	jec
a byte or two of data left hanging in the air	nd
a stone loosens and everything comes down with a roar	hj
no more snowmen... the slowly warming earth	sw
home at night my mind still full of cherry blossom	hj
right here in the jar with the tadpoles	jec

First published in Sweden in 2008 by the Swedish Haiku Society in their print journal, Haiku nr 14.

Composed via email during November and December 2007 by:

Norman Darlington, Ireland
Herbert Jonsson, Sweden
Sheila Windsor, England
John Carley, England (poem leader/sabaki)

Related item in this issue of Simply Haiku: "Tomegaki: A Cup of Steam" by John Carley.