| Pamela
Babusci & Debra Woolard Bender - Multimedia: Tanka-Art |
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Summer Wind
Tanka: Pamela A. Babusci - New
York, US
Artwork: Debra Woolard Bender -
Florida, US
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| an'ya
& Jasminka - International Bilingua |
Introducing the 'bilingua', which is a brand
new form created by an'ya & Jasminka in the year,
2002. The 'bilingua' is a collaboration between two international
haijin of six alternating 'bilingual' links with an obvious common
theme continued throughout, and can be composed in any other
language, combined with its English counterpart. This form reads in a
zigzag pattern, (left to right for the English version), and (right
to left for the Serbo-Croatian version), or whatever other
language is used in conjunction with English.
Very High Up - (Visoko Gore)
an international 'bilingua' composed 2002, by
Jasminka (Jugoslavia) & an'ya (United States)
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on
an oak branch
the winter sparrow twitters -
nested evening sun
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cvrkut
vrabaca
u goloj kroshnji hrasta -
zalazak sunca
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ustreptala
krosnja
zeba polaze jaja
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breezy
canopy
a titmouse lays her daily egg
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very
high up . . .
a temple full of larksong
dazzles my morning |
visko
gore . . .
hram shevine pesme
zasenio jutro
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prastara
crkva --
na njenom zlatnom krstu
dve gugutke |
old
old church
two turtle doves roost
on its gold dome
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young
heron's reflex on water -
is it flying or swimming? |
refleks
mlade chaplje na vodi
leti ili pliva?
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istochna
graica
sivi sokol se uzdize
ka vrhu planine
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eastward
bound
a peregrine's ascension
up the mountain
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| hortensia
anderson & an'ya - Astrorenga |
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The Astrorenga consists of 12 one-liners. Each
link refers to a zodiac sign starting
with Aries and proceeding in order until the last link in Pisces. It was created
by
Alexis K. Rotella on the 19 March 1997.
http://www.into.demon.co.uk/linked/astroren.htm
Things Unknown
hortensia anderson, New York, US
an'ya, Oregon, US
impatiently he honks the horn bright red Ferrari
almost dawn and still the gander won't be quiet
doing her nails she has two fights on two phones
a rose blooms in the cracked sidewalk yet someone complains
making an entrance in a fur coat at the local fast food joint
vegetable garden mother plants perfectly straight rows
afternoon tea trying to decide between china patterns
the tourist's back turned something unknown crawls toward her
on a whim horseback riding through Berber Territory in Morocco
paternal village mountain goats follow a path to the sea
nearly dusk he rushes to catch the skydivers meeting
fly casting the fisherman's wife tells him how she would
do it
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| Debra
Woolard Bender & lisa janice cohen - Linked Cinquain |
lisa janice cohen,
Massachusetts, US
Debra
Woolard Bender, Florida, US
Sleepless
Outside,
as from the sea
the moon floats through wet clouds;
a whip-poor-will's recurrent cry
inside.
..............................Dwb
I watch
the stars complete
their dance across the sky.
The full moon fades, deferring to
the dawn.
......................ljc
Wandering
As one
entranced, awake
under sleep-shut eyes, I
roam a peopled land, though I am
alone.
..............................DWB
Adrift
in dreams, I see
an open plain. Then blue
unfolds, an origami sky
in flight.
......................ljc
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| Darrell
Byrd (db) & Debra Woolard Bender (DWB) - Linked Tanka |
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Hand-in hand
Darrell
Byrd, California, US
Debra Woolard Bender, Florida, US
thoughts of you
glide through my dreams,
gentle as the koi
that swam beneath the bridge
over the pond where we met
.............................db
two clouds joined
and now there is but one
drifting slowly;
if we should part, how much
we would take of each other
...................DWB
I followed you
down to so many towns
sweet flower;
see, at every crossroads
we went hand-in-hand
..........................db
you found me
when you were not looking
and I, not waiting;
even the fields of barley
know their time to fruit
.................DWB
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| hortensia
anderson (ha) & marjorie buettner (mb) - Zip Sequence |
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So Many Wishes
hortensia anderson, New
York, US
Marjorie Buettner, Minnesota, US
..............the stillness...of
a winter night
.................moonlight...sparkles
on the snow..........ha
...................listening...the
blood-rush of my heart
.........the crack of ice...down
stream...............mb
.................the sound...of
an unknown bird
..high in the mountains...the
clear air........ha
.l..................lake tide...washing
the stones away
....................my tears...absorbed
by your lips.............mb
..............a cloud drifts...across
water
..........weeping willows...dip
into stars..............ha
..........so many wishes...candles
counted
...............these years...melting
away..............mb
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| kirsty
karkow and hortensia anderson - A Zip Rengay |
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ROADRUNNERS
hortensia anderson, New
York, US
Kirsty Karkow Maine, US
.....yellow
poppies...gild the desert
....we are warmed...by
many suns...k
..at the next stop...two
cold mugs...of foamy beer...h
.........mesmerised...by
buzzards circling
flat-topped buttes...in the distance...k
.....a crazed
drive...along the highway
......loaded pistols...in
our laps...h
................racing...a
roadrunner...through ocatillo...k
....stars in the
sky...and our eyes
....we go headfirst...into
the dawn...h
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| Betty
Kaplan (bk) & Max Verhart (MV) - Rengay Series |
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The Elements
Betty
Kaplan, US
Max Verhart, the Netherlands
published in Woodpecker March 2000 -- 1
Not A Moment Alike
Water
circles in a puddle
not a moment is different
not a moment alike..........................1/mv
wiping up the kitchen floor --
she scolds the new puppy.................2/bk
again and again
a drop grows out of the faucet
then makes the sink sing..................3/mv
deep in the cave --
the awesome beauty
of the stalactites............................4/bk
enchanted I pick up
a few rounded pebbles.....................5/mv
end of our journey --
refreshed with iced tea
in colored glasses............................6/bk
Smoke Signals
Fire
cold winter night --
snuggling, we toast
marshmallows................................1/bk
some scorched trunks
in a snow covered field....................2/mv
from one mountain
to another
watching smoke signals....................3/bk
the last candle
one light on the table
two in her eyes..............................4/mv
my first love in a gold urn --
his spirit in the ashes.......................5/bk
shivering hobo
burning some trash in a pot
to warm his hands...........................6/mv
ChangingPatterns
Air
a whiff of coolness
a rustle in the bushes
the scent of hay...........................1/mv
Indian Summer --
a fan whirls over our bed.................2/bk
dead of the night
no other sound but
my own breath..............................3/mv
the parade passes by --
he marches in step
as he plays the flute.......................4/bk
one V after another --
gaggles of geese heading south........5/mv
in a hot air balloon
we look down on the world's
changing patterns..........................6/bk
The Potter's Wheel
Earth
shooting from the soil
a multitude of colors
spring flowers...............................1/bk
on the potter's wheel
a vase comes into being.................2/mv
we peel away time --
an archaeological dig
finding artifacts.............................3/bk
two dates on a stone
the dash between them stands for
a full life......................................4/mv
at the Great Pyramid
we wonder... the mystery...............5/bk
abandoned quarry
among rockpiles and debris
vegetation returns.........................6/mv
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