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1.
leaving the elevator
her perfume
exits first
2.
another fight ending
with your absence
I spread
clover honey
on both sides of the toast
3.
more oil news...
I take my coffee
jet black
4.
deep summer
the fading tune
of ice cream
5.
hard rain
on the bedside radio
Kind of Blue
6.
tilling
the summer garden
into softness
the frown
on grandma's face
7.
squad cars
at the house next door
evening heat
8.
storm passing
my brother stomps
a puddle
9.
back to school
the doctor advises
more shots
10.
up to my ears
in monthly bills
I steal
another moment
for this tanka
11.
end of summer
a new cocoon
in the attic
12.
card declined...
she pretends not to need
the milk
13.
first school day
everyone learns
the cliques
14.
English major
with perfect pronunciation
his sneeze
15.
evening news
amid horrors
of foreign war
a heron gliding
into sunset
(complete)
leaving the elevator
her perfume
exits first
2.
another fight ending
with your absence
I spread
clover honey
on both sides of the toast
3.
more oil news...
I take my coffee
jet black
4.
deep summer
the fading tune
of ice cream
5.
hard rain
on the bedside radio
Kind of Blue
6.
tilling
the summer garden
into softness
the frown
on grandma's face
7.
squad cars
at the house next door
evening heat
8.
storm passing
my brother stomps
a puddle
9.
back to school
the doctor advises
more shots
10.
up to my ears
in monthly bills
I steal
another moment
for this tanka
11.
end of summer
a new cocoon
in the attic
12.
card declined...
she pretends not to need
the milk
13.
first school day
everyone learns
the cliques
14.
English major
with perfect pronunciation
his sneeze
15.
evening news
amid horrors
of foreign war
a heron gliding
into sunset
(complete)
This will be a series of Senryu, Haiku, Tanka, and Kyoka, not necessarily in that order 
3. I actually hate coffee
5. Kind of Blue, my favorite album by Miles Davis.
In this poem I'm tinkering with the idea of the floating line being placed anywhere in the poem with the same effect.
3. I actually hate coffee
5. Kind of Blue, my favorite album by Miles Davis.
In this poem I'm tinkering with the idea of the floating line being placed anywhere in the poem with the same effect.
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have you heard the Miles tune Ghetto Walk? I have it on the Complete Silent Way Sessions, but I don't know if it was released on another album. I don't have it on any other of his albums--and I do have many.
Wondered--
hmm my favourite for now is Big Fun.
thank you for the poems
Wondered--
hmm my favourite for now is Big Fun.
thank you for the poems