Tag Archives: haibun
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earth – a haibun
8April 21, 2018 by petrujviljoen
So small, so old and not as round as we’d like to think, nearing the used up date at a …
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Ashen
36February 22, 2018 by petrujviljoen
It’s about time one sits on top of the ash heap and not buried in it. Ashen, sure. It was …
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flecked
35February 19, 2018 by petrujviljoen
stone stacked – the earth’s imagined corners reshaped, flecked blue. Blue and green gray, ochre-stained mentality. Historically presumed spectral. Leaving …
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Earth-shadowed
42January 9, 2018 by petrujviljoen
I remember the balcony of a sometime lover. I stepped out for a minute to escape the thick of sweet-smelling …
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*^&% Tourists!
21December 26, 2017 by petrujviljoen
Why do people come here? To paradise. Invariably the answer: quiet, peace, beauty (and privilege) of nature, it’s off the …
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Owl haibun
37November 14, 2017 by petrujviljoen
We grew up with one as a pet. A barn owl came to us as a chick, grew into adulthood, …
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An Average Life
35August 25, 2017 by petrujviljoen
The extended family gathers in the sitting room.The place where all formal activity takes place. A place of deep shadows …
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healing imperfect
16August 8, 2017 by petrujviljoen
The oak tree down the road has started sprouting and some peach trees are in full bloom while others are …
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So Little
28July 24, 2017 by petrujviljoen
The heart of winter echoes my own. Charred from fire-breaks, soil dry, waterfall diminished, everything fighting for life. An aggravation …
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Sign
26June 21, 2017 by petrujviljoen
Image & Text, copyright Petru J Viljoen The garden, where I usually am, this time of day. The resident owl …
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