Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Wednesday Haiku, Week 11: M. S. Rooney


  


Wednesday Haiku, Week #11




plush salt whorls swallow
the fine ash of his letters -
dark bowl of new moon
M. S. Rooney





Originally published in convolvulus Number 15, Winter 1996)







in the red bowl
a whorling dragon!
buckwheat noodles
Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue











best,
Don






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2 comments:

  1. Charles GramlichApril 6, 2011 at 9:24 AM

    I'll be reading some of my haiku at a local Barnes & NOble in the next couple of weeks. I'm looking forward to it. Too long since I've done any haiku

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  2. Issa's Untidy HutApril 6, 2011 at 3:11 PM

    Best of luck with your reading, Charles ...

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