Haikai Series VIII

Five Fruit Flies

Rescued from drowning in wine:

A summer evening.



Raphael replied:


Five white lies

Obscured in conversation:

Loneliness amongst friends.



Paul responded:


White lies the moonlight

Dark the shadows of poplars,

Harsh the Heron's cry.



For the Droad Paul wrote:

Locking up the house:

How can I shut the shutters

Against the bright moon?

8 October 2006

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