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Tiring the heart--
mountains and ocean
too much beauty

---Santōka
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spring time
a rainbow forms
in the sprinkler
he waters the lawn
from his wheelchair

Modern English Tanka
Vol. II, No. 3, Spring 2008

2 comments:

diana l. said...

Beautifully moving.

Vic Gendrano said...

Thanks Diana,

I saw this man in the next corner of my house doing the lawn mowing from a wheelchair. I was so moved that I wrote this haiku for him. I admire people like him who does not consider disability as a hindrance to doing everyday chores.