from highest branches
cherry buds spiral then fall
playing summer games
cherry blossoms land
crunching under runners’ feet
the scent of autumn
sedoka
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Response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #96 Little Ones … Sedoka
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HERO
Formidable girls
mastering warriors’ skills
honoring passed ancestors.
Ferocious fighters
engaged in deadly combat
fighting for their survival.
sedoka
SWEET ANTICIPATION
Loyal handmaiden
witnesses lunar eclipse –
nipple peeks past kimono.
Between twilight hours
anxious lovers exploring –
disclosing denied passions.
sedoka
DAILY OBSTACLES
Hypnotic vision –
restless serpent rises up
stirring paper and melons.
Fidgety dreamer
slithers through a melon field
and papyrus labyrinth.
sedoka
AT THE BATTLEFIELD
Stalwart Samurais
living on silent prayers
undaunted in face of death.
Dosed by arrow’s spray
intermeshed Samurais fight
past midnight and twilight hours.
sedoka
Vivacious calligraphers.
at Asakusa Temple
painting you portrait
Wayward novices
at Asakusa Temple
seeking indoctrination.
sedoka
Gathered rice farmers
the Autumnal Equinox
Fathers recite fertile songs.
Ancestral image –
beneath lushness rice paddy
and under greying twilight.
sedoka
WELCOME
Lost dreamer slips furthermore
into stupefied limbo
twisted latticework –
partaking of worldly joys
proffered pink Sakura realm
such sweet nirvana.
reverse sedoka
DIMINUTIVE BLOOMS
Wild winter cabal
aimlessly roaming about
and fluttering gracefully.
Frenetic riders
create an uncharted path
towards secret rendezvous.
sedoka
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