A Triad of Haiku I
...Last year's leaves long blown;
Soon new leaves will fade and fall.
Years fade...fall as leaves.
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A proposal made
On Shiroyone's terraces;
Rice ...
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Categories:
terraces, change, emotions, imagery, symbolism,
Form: Haiku
Morning Comes to Huatung Valley
...Mist feathery drifts
last night’s breath loosening
above basalt slopes of Huatung
Pacific swallows trace morning brushwork
over Fuli’s rice paddies
new green scented with rain.
Xiuguluan Ri...
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Categories:
terraces, morning, mountains, nature, peace,
Form: Imagism
The Village On the Water VII
...Raised Stone-Tablet eternally abiding under
Towering Heavens endless span; and in its
Solititude...charts the migrations of our
Highest Lord's cestial rockets.
Because of Stone-Table...
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Categories:
terraces, appreciation, imagery, places,
Form: Free verse
Wrap me in dreams, like a canvas of stars draped over my soul
...Wrap me in dreams, like a canvas of stars draped over my soul,
When the rain weaves its silver silk on windows like a veil of silence,
The cold gathers us like birds under the same sky, caressed by...
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Categories:
terraces, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Its vandalisam, its more than uncouth'
...Let me recount of the mirrored alcoves galleries of brands
Whiskeys deep gold many types of bottles into optic feeds
Highly polished bar timbertops rich shining deep.' Varied
Paper coasters to kee...
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Categories:
terraces, absence, abuse, addiction, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
terraces, appreciation, art, nature, perspective,
Form: Than-Bauk
the terrace
...I fell asleep outside,
on Lisa’s windy, 50th floor terrace.
It was indulgent, sensual
and lethargic - it crushed.
I forgot the time.
The sunset was intense,
a violent shock of color,
like an e...
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Categories:
terraces, beautiful, humor, new york,
Form: Free verse
WHEN SUMMER IS GONE
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Grace still prevails...
toward planned mountain trekking
propelling faith to surmount slippery paths
conquering threats of slime pit-falls
that challenge pinnacle-ascent.
Blessing...
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Categories:
terraces, appreciation, blessing, christian, god,
Form: Free verse
MILL TOWN
...In town of Holy Face, now Halez Fax
Are rows of back-to-backs in terraces
Between the mills that spill their thick black smoke.
Industry now dominates hill and dale.
Manufacture is mast...
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Categories:
terraces, change, environment, pollution,
Form: Blank verse
Rice Terraces
...Mu Cang Chai's rice terraces in Northern Vietnam.
a stunning beauty,
a breathtaking masterpiece
so nice rice terraces
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Categories:
terraces, beautiful, nature,
Form: Haibun
Dawn-Blest Triumph
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When dawn drifts into enchanted meadows…
…I’m awakened by triumphant morning shows
radiating divine Artist’s pose
supremely perfect nature can’t oppose
along firmament’s celestial glows...
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Categories:
terraces, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Monorhyme
Pearl of the Orient
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"Ang hindi lumingon sa pinanggalingan,
hindi makakarating sa paroroonan".
(A person who does not remember where he came from
will never reach his destination).
Filipino proverb.
Gift me wi...
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Categories:
terraces, travel,
Form: Free verse
Pearl Of The Orient
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The Philippines, with its strategic location
at the crossroads of the Pacific Ocean,
and the South China Sea,
is the Pearl of the Orient,
the nickname used to describe
the country since...
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Categories:
terraces, analogy, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Pearl of the Orient
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Pearl of the Orient,
the archipelagic goddess of the Sea,
beautiful as the Magindara,
who's siren song calls to me,
her soul is as rich and sweet,
as the chocolate hills of her bosom,
terr...
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Categories:
terraces, culture, earth, moon, ocean,
Form: Other
Pearl of the Orient
...Surrounded by tranquil turquoise waters,
Guarded on sides by oceans three,
In the east by the Pacific,
On the south by the Celebes Sea,
And on the west by the south China Sea,
There...
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Categories:
terraces, beautiful, nature, ocean,
Form: Free verse
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