This week, for obvious reasons, I decided to turn my hand to writing haiku and tanka. A challenge which I quickly found fun and somewhat addictive! I expect I'll be further exploring this form. So, in honour of World Poetry Day, and with thoughts of Japan never far from my mind, I offer up the following.
inert we watch news
drowning in waves of anguish
’til ideas dawn
first whisper, then shout, a book
galvanized, New Sun Rising
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an ancient culture
flows into charity book
see, smell, hear, taste, touch
capture tradition, rejoice
Japanese essence abounds
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here in London streets
Japanese cherry blossoms
glimmering moon shared
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