Frogpond 34.3 • Autumn 2011 (pdf) - Haiku Society of America
Frogpond 34.3 • Autumn 2011 (pdf) - Haiku Society of America
Frogpond 34.3 • Autumn 2011 (pdf) - Haiku Society of America
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Heaven and Earth<br />
by Ron Moss, Leslie Vale, Tasmania<br />
counting my pulse<br />
the night-light dims<br />
on my exhale<br />
Unable to sleep I get dressed and step outside. The stars are<br />
close overhead and there is weight in the dark void <strong>of</strong> the night<br />
sky. I perform a tai-chi movement—in a vain hope <strong>of</strong> leaving a<br />
Taoist thumb-print <strong>of</strong> myself, between heaven and earth.<br />
Single Whip—<br />
a shooting star<br />
through my fi ngers<br />
Evolution Blue<br />
Duro Jaiye, Hirakata, Japan<br />
my old man was basically unsympathetic when he heard that<br />
my brother had accidentally lopped <strong>of</strong>f his big toe while mowing<br />
grass on a hill in an army base in south korea. he chuckled,<br />
shook his head, and said, “man controls the machine, the machine<br />
don’t control the man.”<br />
another heatwave—<br />
videos <strong>of</strong> the fi rst moon walk<br />
on tv tonight<br />
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />
60 <strong>Haiku</strong> <strong>Society</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>America</strong>
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