looking out the car window
you gaze across the glittering city
someone is watching you drive by
from a dark street corner
neon lights flash by your window
your realm is someone else’s dream
Summer 2009 issue of Concise Delight Magazine of Short Poetry
Poetic Musings: Mother and Ocean Haiku by Kobayashi Issa
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mother I never knew,
each time I see the ocean,
each time --
*The Essential Haiku*, 1995
Kobayashi Issa
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