Earthquake Season
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earthquake season -
the avocado
rolls this way & that
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wave upon wave
a rainbow in curved air
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so beautiful
this time of year
the moon over Hiroshima
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the bitter aftertaste
of my twig tea
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dead roach
buried in the flower pot
hastily snuffed
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the doors of perception
rapidly closing
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100 billion neurons
tapped deep
to granite secrets
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they swap their faces
back again they swap
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amid the smell of paint
he coaxes
a small smile from her
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blind in the fragrance garden
witch-hazel
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flies all swatted,
the lightest touch
on the divining rod
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we gasp at the delights
of Tokusatsu
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Earthquake Season – A New Junicho
hokku – Sandra [shasei]
wakiku – John [cultural - music]
daisan – Willie [cultural - politics]
#4 – Alan [shasei]
#5 – Bill [shasei]
#6 – Lorin [cultural - literature]
#7 – Lorin [gendai]
#8 – John [gendai]
#9 – Sandra [cultural - art]
#10 – Bill [shasei]
#11 – Willie [cultural - religion]
ageku – Alan [cultural - film]
Composed at Issa's Snail
28th February to 23rd March 2011
John Carley – UK (sabaki)
Bill Dennis – USA
Lorin Ford – AU
Sandra Simpson – NZ
William Sorlien – USA
Alan J. Summers – UK
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