A Haiku Sequence
a waning moon
in the window --
ventilator whooshing
a white butterfly
flitting through the stillness ...
church grave yard
faint pencil marks
on the wall --
her dead child's room
NeverEnding Story, April 12, 2016
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
Commentary: L1 establishes both the emotional atm...
