Best Lunes Poems

Fruit Loop cobblestones
pave my way
to bottles of milk....

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1. Kelly Lune:
silk rose under dome
opaque glass
thwarted love preserved


2. Jack Collom Lune:
the faded corsage
under a dusty glass dome—
missed spring ball

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POET'S NOTES
The lune (aka American haiku) created by New York-based poet Robert Kelly (1935–) in the 1960s consists of 5-3-5 syllables (the 13 syllables...

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 Sunlight (5-3-5 syllables)

Sunlight filters in
Shadows dance
Morning coffee smiles

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True Light (3-5-3 words)

Looking unto Jesus
The Light of the World
Forgiveness, peace, joy


10.23.2021



For William Kekaula's "Lune (mixed pair)" contest...

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Fall 

Swirling fiery hues
A chill settles
Cardigans and chai


Falling

Leaves wilting faster
Motionless, watching it all dissolve
Transforming to embers...

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On my leg
the smallest of red ant
racing all alone.

Beyond my curtain
beaded curtain of rain
drip dripping.

Squirrel and wrens
at once feeding on seeds
fallen from feeder.

On my porch
return of colorful frog
seated in basket.

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