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

2010 tiger roar
brings another year into being
our house cat's dream
permits the world to know
who really rules


Happy New Year Everyone

Christmas Note

frohe weihnachten or shinnen omedeto
means the same no matter how you spell it
merry christmas
the day God came to earth
for you and me

Yes I know not really a Tanka some day will cut it back to be one. ;)
However I hope your Christmas is a good one.

silver flashes

silver flashes
from a spring lake
gathering me in

Moonset 2009 Autumn/Winter Ed5 #2

I've always fallen short on Haiku maybe gathers in place of gathering would have helped?