Tsukeku:
Added Verses*
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twilight dawn---
the cricket nurses
his sore leg
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Robert |
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breeze blows
the dog closes his eyes
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Mariko |
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like a melon,
her belly, swathed
in shadow
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Robert |
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a small mosquito
flies
around the desk light
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Toshiko |
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summer coolness
---your kiss
the morning after
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Robert |
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leaving my party
dress
and pleasant memory
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Yukari |
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summer coolness
---your kiss
the morning after
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Robert |
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problematic angel
lies down my side
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Ayako |
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cricket song
---and the far off cry
of coyotes
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Robert |
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into vine trail
lady bugs go to sleep
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Miyuki |
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pale
moon---
the stillness of
granite walls |
Robert |
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no
one in the house
just wind sways the curtain |
Miyuki |
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moonless
night---
wishing the stars were
more than stars |
Robert |
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a
mother frog tells
her baby’s fortune |
Nami |
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moonless
night---
wishing the stars were
more than stars |
Robert |
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looking
down from the hill
street lights shine |
Emiko |
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cricket
song
---and the far off cry
of coyotes |
Robert |
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negro
spiritual
heard from the radio all night |
Rie |
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born
without
a shadow,
the lowly worm |
Robert |
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a
cat under the eaves
scowls the weakness on the ground |
Yumi |
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moonless light---
a stand of young trees
huddle together
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Robert |
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a
coffee paper cup
left on the picnic table |
Ikuyo |
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moonless light---
a stand of young trees
huddle together
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Robert |
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old ladies enjoy
chewing the fat
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Yuko |
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| *Ikuyo Yoshimura, an associate professor of English at Asahi University
in Gifu, asked students in one of her classes to Tsuke-ku, i.e., write verses linking to
haiku sent to her by Robert Wilson, Managing Editor and Owner of Simply Haiku.
Sharing the results with SH readers, she explains that "Tsuke-Ku is a part of Renku
and becoming popular among Japanese haiku poets. It makes deep and wide poetry
space, putting two lines to the first three lines, just like haiku and hai-ga." |
