behind the mountain
the moon disappears slowly –
monk deep in prayer
Nicole Pottier
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Carpe Diem : Hyakunin-isshu, A Hundred Verses From Old Japan
NaHaiWriMo – February 2020
prayer
hunters
in the morning
hunters invade the woods—
from the first shots
leaves begin to fall
in silent prayer
Nicole Pottier
*
Published in Moonbathing a journal of women’s tanka, 2019.
archaic
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winter solstice –
in the great stone circle
silent prayer
Nicole Pottier
*
NaHaiWriMo – December 2018
