.
tumbling down the alley
cherry sapling-
pavement and peeled paint
blush in the morning light
tumbling down the alley
the detritus of winters past
from this vantage
faceless voices below
sound more familiar
a dew of sweat
favors her upper lip
as we age together
you remain
so hard to please
there's always applause
for bad karaoke
a cruise round the loop
overpowered by funk
and the Texas big beat
a run and a leap
into piles of leaves
at harvest festival
a drunken moon comes
stumbling through the door
through the looking glass
for a tipple with Alice
reciting
odd parables
we don't understand
clouds in the water
pierced through by whale's song
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4 comments:
as we age together
you remain
so hard to please
I love this one (and the cherry / blush)
A love verse, part of the requirements of this linked verse form.
'if detained or captured, I will disavow any knowledge of any such mission statement, even on pain of death'
Also, we have a blossom verse, as well as the moon, by default, always autumn, unless otherwise stated. All seasons receive a reference, in this shortened modern form of haikai-no-renga, in chronological order. Spring and Autumn receive two slots, for they are the major seasons.
'Winter?', you ask? Why, it's the whale, of course, according to traditional Japanese kigo.
Each section (there are four)should be self-contained, creating four poems that meld together, if you will.
I'm with PA on this.
And I also needed the explanation of the form to appreciate the technical part, though I liked the poem without it.
edited June 18, 2017 Bandit
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