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First East Wind

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New Year kasen renku begun
  1. New Years 
    first wind from the east
sound of the ocean
strong and eloquent
                        Shinku
  2. New Years (Go to comments)

    gulls wheel calmly
the year begins
                        Ebba
  3. Spring 
    two brothers
blowing soap bubbles
at the veranda 
                        Fumiko
  4. Spring (Go to comments)

    marinated horsetail shoots
on unmatched dishes 
                        Fay
  5. Spring moon (Go to comments)

    in soft light
glimpse of the moon
its face looks young
                        Lynne

  6. No season (Go to comments)

    no holidays for
research and development 
                        Fay
  7. No season (Go to comments)

    DNA sequencing–
a gene for writing poetry
discovered
                        Alex
  8. Love (Go to comments)

    he touches my arm lightly
at just the right moment
                        Alice
  9. Love (Go to comments)

    Maria Callas–
the two of us enveloped
in her soaring voice
                        Patricia
  10. Love (Go to comments)

    the peak of joyous rapture–
then her hair comes tumbling down
                        Lynne
  11. Summer (Go to comments)

    fins of a colorful gold fish
moving gently
as if it dances
                        Fumiko
  12. No season (Go to comments)

    accepting the inspection
to avoid the war
                        Shinku
  13. Moon (Go to comments)

    sent to help unload
the portable barricades
– early moonrise
                        Alice
  14. Autumn (Go to comments)

    All Soul's Day
prayers at the church
                        Patricia
  15. Autumn 
    after the excited game 
of hopscotch, I return
slightly cold home      
                        Kiyoko
  16. No season 
    stuffed animal
imitating a Maltese dog                  
                        Fumiko
  17. Cherry blossoms (late Spring) (Go to comments)

    adrift
cherry petals scattered
across the crowd
                        Alex
  18. Spring (Go to comments)

    lingering daylight–her smile
Aunt Helen at one hundred!
                        Patricia
  19. Spring 
    spring rain
wets the rail
going around the island                                
                        Toshiyo
  20. No season 
    travelling alone with
light baggage, light heart
                        Atsuko
  21. No season 
    draining a glass of vodka
I join the circle
Cossack dance
                        Shinku
  22. No season 
    at the former palace
paintings open to the public
                        Fumiko
  23. No season 
    a dormant volcano
starts its activities
again, these days
                        Toshiyo
  24. Winter 
    by the computer
I integrate and differentiate
                        Shinku
  25. Winter 
    I pull
a blanket over 
my empty head
                        Atsuko
  26. Love (Go to comments)

    her enchanting sidelong glance
even melts icicles
                        Fay
  27. Love (Go to comments)

    we stand before 
the full-length mirror
still rosy with love
                        Ebba
  28. Love 
    Tuesday morning paper
	selling a scandal
                        Fumiko
  29. Moon 
    to buy more soy beans
a tofu seller walks
under the moon
                        Atsuko
  30. Autumn 
    the owner of the field
goes out to thank the scarecrow
                        Lynne
  31. Autumn 
    the letter has come
her refreshing
fine penmanship
                        Kiyoko
  32. No season 
    clothing for donation, clean
and carefully folded
                        Alice
  33. No season 
    acceleration
her toddler asks about
all the noise
                        Alex
  34. No season 
    here comes the father lugging
three box kites and one bat kite        
                        Patricia
  35. Cherry blossoms 
    in the garden 
with blooming cherry blossoms
I forget I'm in the foreign land        
                        Kiyoko
  36. Spring 
    between us and distant peaks
a gauze of thinning haze
                        Ebba
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