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Monday, October 24, 2011

Natalia L. Rudychev: Monday Twitter Poem, 10/24/11

Photo by penywise

i stumble

the pebble shows

its darker side

Natalia L. Rudychev

Photo by Imma

autumn wind--
the mountain's shadow
is trembling

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,

Don

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Monday, October 17, 2011

Monday Twitter Poem

   LIQUOR

the I and the U

   flickering

            Shawn Bowman

from Lilliput Review, #169

"Sake for sale"
a sign on a wall...
spring rain

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,

Don

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Monday, October 10, 2011

John Samuel Tieman: Monday Twitter Poem

quiet after pain
has its own kind of silence
red leaves off a tree

John Samuel Tieman
from Lilliput Review #169

into the sunken hearth
they're swept...
red leaves

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,

Don

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Monday, October 3, 2011

Grant Hackett: Monday Twitter Poem

Photo by Paul Anderson

Each step into simplicity :: undoes the weave

Grant Hackett,

from Lilliput Review, #170

though in Buddha's presence
just a simple cloth
skullcap

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

Edward Curtis: Navajo Weaver

best,

Don

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Monday, September 26, 2011

Charlie Mehrhoff: Monday Twitter Poem

Going nowhere.

Always packed and ready.

Charlie Mehrhoff in Lilliput Review #171

nowhere, nowhere
can a young scarecrow
be found

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,

Don

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Monday, September 19, 2011

Constance Campbell: Monday Twitter Poem

even in daylight, these shadows find me

Constance Campbell
from Lilliput Review #173

our shameful shadows!
in the long night walking
in vain

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,

Don

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Monday, September 12, 2011

Ayaz Daryl Nielsen: Monday Twitter Poem

Photo by Andreas Trepte

kestrel, hovering ..
so, too,
the moment

Ayaz Daryl Nielsen

from Lilliput Review, #175

evening--
a bird of prey flies home
into blossoms

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,

Don

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Monday, September 5, 2011

Jean Tomasko: Monday Twitter Poem

Photo by Staffan Enbom

the leaves of your tree
fall in my yard―what can I
give you in return?
Jean Tomasko

fresh new leaves--
the cat and the crow
quarrel

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,

Don

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Monday, August 29, 2011

Richard K. Ostrander: Monday Twitter Poem

Photo by Jason Pratt

One last sunflower
Barely beginning to bend
Before autumn’s embrace

Richard K. Ostrander

Lilliput Review, #177

one by one
the tall bamboo shoots
bending

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

Photo by jodarom

best,
Don

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Monday, August 22, 2011

Ed Markowski: Monday Twitter Poem

Photo by McKay Savage

temple path
tree branches point
in every direction

Ed Markowski

from LR, #178

mountain temple--
all the buildings strewn
with red leaves

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,
Don

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