TANKA

1.

somewhere
this ant trail
begins and ends
a chicken cackling
in a square dance


2.

my reflection
this morning in a
hundred dewdrops
a grasshopper wiping
its wet feet

3.

somewhere
this ant trail
begins and ends
twin sisters
dance the tinikling

i know
she's been waiting
somewhere
this ant trail
begins and ends


4.

in a bucket
of fishes and ice
mother's reflection
a reminder
of her favorite dish

5.

as i recycle leaves
for compost
falling
on dry ground
raindrops

6.

in between
classes i smell
mother's scent
a pail of fresh
fish in memory


7.

sixty minutes
of waiting for an answer
on the chat window
a blinking cursor
and static pixels



8.
sixty minutes
been waiting
in the chatroom
the cursor blinks --
i'm still online