June 5, 2014
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(c) 2014 Gary Blankenship … lily for the buoy project with Sigrid Saradunn
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Gary Blankenship is a poet and artist from Bremerton, WA.
We met on the facebook Not 5-7-5 NaHaiWriMo
haiku and Tanka Poets on Site.
haiku and Tanka Poets on Site.
We also shared a joint art project decorating a lobster buoy
for a charity auction.
When I read his haiku on WNV I asked him permission
to share them which he did.
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WNV Shorts
(West Nile Virus)
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waking
uncertain
a buzz in my ear
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waking
uncertain
a buzz in my ear
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the mosquito
does not know the damage
he causes
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does not know the damage
he causes
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asleep on a hammock
I should hear the buzzing
of my life changing
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asleep on a hammock
I should hear the buzzing
of my life changing
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tomato in standing water
little black specks
hatch into my life
tomato in standing water
little black specks
hatch into my life
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and a Tanka
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Irises
Carefully arranged
In her honor
He orders his house servant
To replace them with driftwood
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