spring cleaning
leaving the rosin
on papa’s fiddle
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w.f. owen (ToDrBill at aol.com) is a Professor of Communication, a founding member of the Central Valley Haiku Club of California, and a member of the Haiku Poets of Northern California and the Haiku Society of America. He publishes regularly in such journals as Frogpond, Modern Haiku and Acorn, and has received awards in the 2001 Henderson Haiku and Brady Senryu contests. In 2002, he has won awards in the World Haiku Festival R. H. Blyth contest and the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program contest sponsored by the California State Library Foundation. View all posts by w. f. owen
family gathering–
ma plays accordion
singing portuguese fado
Another great one, Bill. Reminds me of my own childhood violin lessons.
baby grand piano
gets everyone’s attention
– sparse living room
Vernal equinox –
the thouthern wind playing strings
from times immemorial
spring cleaning
using feather duster
i bought last year
chiyo
Butterfly on a maiden’s path
now behind
now in front
–
dusky leaves
among immature leaves …
spring cleansing
by bob