AucklandPoetry.com presents Poet Resident JAN OSKAR HANSEN on http://OSKAR.AUCKLANDPOETRY.COM

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

senryu, tanak and zen

Senryu

Dog hair on sofa
A sentimental memory
Hard to brush off



Tanka

The face I saw
Behind me in the mirror
Wasn’t my dad’s
Yet, eerily familiar
Is there a story untold?


Zen

Rainwater
In cupped hands
Seeps away


Zen

A rain drop
On an almond leaf
Reflects silence

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