Tanka/Haiku/Senryū
Touchstone Award '24, Marlene Mountain Memorial Award '23 (2.)
She has a Lego mini figure set of her inner demons & collects heart-shaped stones: She likes that a lot. Then she throws them into water & waits.
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the sound of a toothbrush
and the birds
tell me to sleep
—Makoto
#senryu #poem
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As for #publishing w. #smallpublishers: they can be brilliant, but they may well be just as good (or bad) as you at designing covers ;). Some have their very own ‘ #HouseStyle’. Take a look at the books they’ve alr. published & make sure you like what you see before agreeing to work with them.
When you #publish your #poems, make sure they’ve been #edited & that the typography, layout & book cover are #ProfessionallyDesigned. Yes, they say, ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’, but surely you don’t want to bore or put off potential readers, do you??!
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You see the moon by pointing your finger.
You recognize the finger by the moon.
The moon and the finger
are not different, not the same.
In order to guide a beginner,
this analogy is temporarily used.
When you have realized this,
there is no moon, no finger.
—Ryōkan Taigu
(tr. Kazuaki Tanahashi)
after therapy
I want an octopus
for a friend
—Makoto
#senryu #poem
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too cold
to be June—
a red poppy, a white sky
—Makoto
#haiku #tanka #ohwell #poem
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too sweet tea from the fridge at night reading bad tanka
—Makoto
#senryu #oneline #poem
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writing haiku
to procrastinate
sleep
—Makoto
#senryu #poem
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Working on my next #book, a #tanka sequence about a journey to the UK, visiting good friends. Anytime I travel, I learn new things about myself. The physical change of surrounding has a deep effect on me mentally. Still some #editing to do, but here's the #cover :).
