Haibun 16

I walk down the sidewalk between two buildings. The sun and wind feel fresh and new. A pair of crows peck and fidget along the sidewalk between two buildings-bored. They fly to the roof as I near them. They behold me from above with their hollow eyes.

they watch
to find out
if I am dead or alive

Haibun 15

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Haibun 14

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Haiku 21

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Ikkyu couplet

You can never
escape your own shadow

Haibun 13

An angry old lady has filled my head with thoughts of the end. Books, television, music-everything will drag me down to evil. I am five and instead of thinking about “Frog and Toad” I am thinking about angels, terrible and mighty, dragging me in chariots of fire away from my mother.

Still
I am worried
I’ll hear the trumpets

Haiku 17

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