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Frogpond 31.3 • 2008

Museum of Haiku
Literature Award

Haiku & Senryu

Essay

Haibun

Rengay

Renku

Book Review

From the Editors

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           A Few Drops of Rain—A Nijuin Renku

by

Frank Williams, United Kingdom
Andrew Shimield, United Kingdom

 
first day of spring—
in half light faint thunder
and a few drops of rain
FW
I pick a daffodil
for my lapel
AS
among the stones
at the river’s low tide
a Celtic knot ring
FW
cameras click as models
parade down the catwalk
AS
•••  
the open-air stage presents “Twelfth Night”
under a full moon
FW
with the porch light
come the moths
AS
as dad calls her in
Joe swallows hard
and asks for a date
FW
in the B&B they push
the single beds together
AS
before leaving
she smashes all his
prized model planes
FW
a skimmed stone bounces
across the water
AS

•••
 
fingers numb with cold
fixing new chains
on the tyres
AS
found in the video slot
a letter to Santa
FW
all that overtime
pays off with promotion
to the board
AS
this year the swifts
are late departing
FW
bonfire smoke
drifts across
the yellow moon
AS
each beehive yields
about ten jars of honey
FW
•••  
the venturer buys
a row of old houses
at a knock-down price
FW
their visitor’s handbag
is sprayed by the cat
AS
during the night
cherry blossom turns
the avenue pink
FW
Sami on snow scooters
follow the herd north
AS

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