working with neighbor's kids
"Dirty is fine when you garden"
her eyes light up

raspberries
hold promise in red speckles
next-door's cat glares

visit with nurse-
"oh, you have poison ivy"
as I show her my arm

morning commute
moon barely hidden
in white lacy clouds

the heron stiffens -
squelch of
the old man's leaky boots

overnight rain
has departed by first light
nasturtiums bloom

barbecue scent mingles
with children’s laughter
inside their fence
outside, two homeless kids
share a burnt burger

Modern English Tanka
Vol. 3, No. 3, Spring 2009

Disembodying image
another creation for my eyes
mind the clouds

the night’s token
on my window-
sleeping firefly

sunset -
a red ribbon
in her hair

wild strawberries
clustered around a stone bench
tiny hard apples

The white nights,
Hide in sleepy wood
Light shades

Longings

White cliffs of Dover
sailing through my blue sky
why travel?

My Hammock

here in my hammock...
mountain or sea can wait
my admiration
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..circa 2009; Copyright 2010 Spiros Zafiris
..channeled; spirit Ram
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sea pinks
with their pom-pom blooms
mosquito larvae

first summer night -
a few stars at the bottom
of the jasmin


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première nuit d'été -
quelques étoiles tombées
au pied du jasmin

yellow roses
drop petals on the grass
clematis blooms

slightly cooler day
no new brown patches
in the neighbor's yards

blue lobster
now in hot water
and red in the face

summer heat
our bodies move electric
in a sunset glow

between dusk and moon set
a lightening strike
our bodies rise

morning heat
the Victoria plum tree
sheds leaves and fruit