senryu cluster

 shaking family tree: what will fall out will fall out 

differences between monman and gason in hard times 

*mother in Kouri-Vini

**son in Kouri-Vini

angling for that job—nothing he says is genuine 

black draught for bowels...freed to think freely. better. 

since ive become cynical everything takes on a dismal look

on break stretching the body: another storm sweeps through

senryu poets: ordinary folks writing about ordinary lives 

courtyard sunspill—honored to be a senryu poet 

honoring incarcerated Japanese senryu poets: bright jonquils 

life's varieties give birth to senryu poets—dandelion seed rain

enjoying a few figs work gives me hives hives hives

resuming our affair—his scent quite memorable

through weeds crossing to another side unfamiliar to me

studying gallstones: sun shining aslant on my indecision 

sometimes mourning aging process: venetian blinds slightly bent

this neighborhood changing: gentrification quite insidious 

memories like frozen peas—multitasking isnt effective 

drunk with neighbors our talking loud and raucous 

trees whisper: is everyone gossiping about someone

koubiyon for lunch: unfamiliar with peace...

beyond police tape neon lights of convenience store

the Japanese Diet...

can't decide which shoes

to buy 

woman in red-bottoms   my confidence in Layaway