Tangled Kites Senryu

the backyard fence between a boy and a girl tangled kites

Failed Haiku, 6:70,  October 2021  

Sharp Spike and Slow Descent Tanka

One Hundred Ninety-Fourth Entry, Coronavirus Poetry Diary

written in response to this "not-so-shocking" 😠 news: "Canada's COVID-19 case rate now tops U.S. rate," CBC News, April 12

a sharp spike

in covid variant cases ...

at twilight

the slow descent of a kite

severed from its string

NeverEnding Story, April 13 2021

Added:

in morning chill

a street dog with saggy balls

wandering

the eyes of an old man

leaning on the liquor store wall

Twin Kites Tanka

twin kites
soar high in the sky ...
a pair of eyes
looking down
on my childhood dream

VerseWrights, November 2014

Dragon Kite Tanka

a dragon kite
stretching towards the sun
by the string
my nephew holds
the sky and his dream 


Serbian Translation

zmaj
isteže se prema suncu
uzicom
moj nećak drži
njegov san i nebo

Honorable Mention, 2014 Diogen Spring Tanka Contest

Butterfly Kite Haiku

above the attic
where the boy died
a butterfly kite


Serbian Translation

iznad tavana
gdje umro je dječak
zmaj- leptir

Honorable Mention, 2014 Diogen Spring Haiku Contest

Kites Haiku

kites tangle
in summer twilight
father and son


German Translation

Drachen verheddern sich
im Sommerzwielicht
Vater und Sohn

Chrysanthemum, 14, October 2013

Kite Haiku

first day of class
a kite dream drifting
out the window

Sketchbook, 7:3, May/June 2012

Kite Tanka

twin kites
soar high side by side
like a pair of eyes
looking down
on our childhood dream

PSSMS (April 30, 2012)

Dream Haiku

chasing the wind
on the first day of spring
dragon kite dream

Simply Haiku, 9:3,4, Autumn/Winter 2011

A Haibu about Martin Luther King Day

Martin Luther King Day...
a butterfly kite goes down
behind the hill

World Kigo Database (Martin Luther King Day)

Kite Haiku

over the rooftop
rainbow kites
lined against the sky

Sep/Oct 09 issue of Sketchbook