MELLOWING LEAVES
    Poetry & Essay   

HAIKU 4
(contemporary) 

How remarkable that another tradition exists as far back as Shinkei,
a tradition in which other tenses can be used in haiku composition,
abstractions frequently occur, universal propositions are present
or can be inferred, and most important, something is actually being said.

                                     Hugh Bygott  

  Falling Leaves 

mellowing leaves
on  brown carpet
dust back to dust




  Lord of the Skies 

serene sky ...
the predator soaring,
closing its claws

  Fowl's Folly 

 looking on
the bird on tree-top
  drops poop on me




 Transitus

taming myself
with this native whip
i become a beast

  Celestial Destiny 

 dusk falls...
 my cradle up, the sky
sings me a lullaby

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