These poems with exceptions are Tanka
Five line 31 or less syllable poems which unlike
western poetry are rhythm free. s-l-s-l-l My

feeling is anyone you read should be a book

that you can see a frame from your life in.

river's edge
i wait for your return
always afraid
that you will come and go
like other people in my life

Siddiqul's letter

a red leaf
stands out in the yard
a special moment
like the first time I saw you
and little else

Haiga attempt

while away
a flame in winter burns
for a soldier