Senryu, Tanshi, Tanka

silence, my son helps me shell peas 

enjoying wild turkey, stew simmering on stove 

super moon: i too go through abnormal phases 

train with fleshcolored seats, unsure where im going

hurricane incoming, gumbo on stove before rain 

blood moon: notice of a friend´s passing 

haiku and senryu: ´country mice versus city mice´ he says

Lyft driver took wrong turn, moonless evening 

monman´s obituary: faint smell of Tabu perfume

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your mother wore beryl and myrrh...

drunken father always 

stumbling and crashing into family peace

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fields of swaying wheat

this hick town always 

the bane of my existence, "hi mama" 

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more litigation, i can't escape the fine print 

at end of hallway, strong rainscent 

all his shirts in a pile, with autumn dim vision

frustration—its taste iron mingled with smothered words

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asked to attend 

my first garden party out of town...

buying OFF mosquito spray 

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2024 —

with a light rain 

comes 

21st century start of 

another 'haiku war' 

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millionaire's 

front yard filled with  

preening peacocks...

how long i wait against

sound of running water

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with each sip of Smirnoff

the burning desire 

to be off work and home

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