Fifth
The light of dragonflies
reveals itself in time,
at first a subtle, almost
diaphanous delight,
becoming neutron bright
in sun’s own dynamite.
Softly, this summer day,
the light of dragonflies
alights on light au lait.
~Son Rivers 2006
BEFORE AND AFTER
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Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902) wrote two rather similar yet effective autumn
verses. Though he would have called them “haiku” because of his revisionist
tendenc...
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