a collection of haiku, tanka, haiga and other forms of poetry
From: Van Buren, Arkansas, United States
About me: The author of "Tangled in Wisteria," he is a music teacher in Van Buren, Arkansas and a father of four. His work has been published in the United States, Canada and Australia, including Haiku Harvest, Clouds Peak, Stylus Poetry Journal, Wisteria, American Tanka, Fire Pearls, Eucalypt and Modern English Tanka.
More.. All work © J. Andrew Lockhart unless noted otherwise. Work may not be reproduced in any form without the author's written permission.
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Friday, September 28, 2007,12:54 AM
not knowing
not knowing
what will happen~
morning fog
Labels: haiga
Sunday, September 23, 2007,12:43 AM
a lost letter
On our way to yet another Saturday track meet. Same as the last one, it's another hour north of home. The shortest distance to this one, though, sends us up H59. I haven't gone this way for at least fifteen years.
Before I540 was finished, this was the easiest way to anything north. I always enjoyed the drive and the scenery. Not this time.
One curve after another on the two lane road with the speed limit of 55mph. Once we get farther north, we run into line after line of orange barrels, making it even more difficult.
After the meet I'm going to take the extra time to go east until I run into I540 south. I have no desire to go back home on this road.
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a lost letter
found in a wooden box-
faded love
Before I540 was finished, this was the easiest way to anything north. I always enjoyed the drive and the scenery. Not this time.
One curve after another on the two lane road with the speed limit of 55mph. Once we get farther north, we run into line after line of orange barrels, making it even more difficult.
After the meet I'm going to take the extra time to go east until I run into I540 south. I have no desire to go back home on this road.
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a lost letter
found in a wooden box-
faded love
Labels: haibun
Wednesday, September 19, 2007,12:01 AM
so many years
so many years
have past by the river
so how
did it come back,
your voice in the sky?
Labels: haiga
Thursday, September 13, 2007,12:32 AM
Tangled in Wisteria
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These aren't the best photos, but this is the final proof of my book. I got it yesterday. I'm going to go over it with a red pen and send it back. It will then be another 4 weeks or so and it will be out!!
(You can see the photos larger if you click them and hit "all" at Flickr.)
Wednesday, September 12, 2007,12:43 AM
watching you leave
watching you leave,
only a cold breeze with me
tonight-
will I see your face again,
your smile, summer?
Labels: tanka
Tuesday, September 11, 2007,12:10 AM
autumn brings me
autumn brings me
to an old tree, looking up
at my tree house
where only pieces are left~
remnants of dreams
to an old tree, looking up
at my tree house
where only pieces are left~
remnants of dreams
Labels: tanka
Sunday, September 09, 2007,12:52 AM
empty threats
empty threats,
hearing loud thunder
from far away~
after so many years
your words are hollow
Labels: tanka
Saturday, September 08, 2007,12:46 AM
bit by bit
bit by bit
my past is lost~
autumn rain
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After we were married 18 years ago, we moved into a "married couple apartment" at the University of Arkansas. We lived there two years while I finished law school.
A friend of mine that lives in Fayetteville e-mailed me this photo today. Our apartment has been wiped out. I don't know what will be built there.
Labels: haiga
Thursday, September 06, 2007,12:13 AM
trying to
trying to
remember her name~
cluttered mind
Labels: haiga
Wednesday, September 05, 2007,12:31 AM
walking in the rain
walking in the rain
at night with my umbrella,
multicolor~
its performance is lost
to the sleeping audience
Labels: tanka
Monday, September 03, 2007,12:40 AM
a new life
a new life
added to the world~
labor day
,
(I couldn't help it.)
((happy Labor Day, U.S. and Canada))
Labels: senryu
,12:57 AM
maybe tonight
"maybe tonight"
I said to myself
this afternoon,
but the sunset carries
my thoughts elsewhere
Labels: tanka