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#8 ktanka sashimi tataki [197-200]

tataki = haikuish with place
sashimi = haikuish but not a definite place
ktanka = like a tanka

308 197a Eager to embrace (see) / the world — alack my window / faces the other way [7/18]
309 197c He balances the / silver tray — three teas / and sugar cubes [7/19]

(NB 197b is a Zmitri poem)

310 198aa Smell of rose — / clamor muted by carpet / seller's tea
311 198a Cameras flash inside / the sultan's tomb — offerings / of prayers
312 198b Tablecloths and tea — / at the bus-stop waiting / for a bus
313 198c Gull squawk — / the mewling of / a beggar
314 198d Clouds, sun, rising / heat — the sudden / cleansing
315 198e Marigolds and the scent / of tea — old men / sipping on benches

198abc [7/19]
198de [7/20]

316 199b women in scarfs / chatter — a young girl / kicks a ball
317 199c Do cats count stairs / going up — count them again / coming down
318 199d Cool breeze off / the sea — Marmara begs / gulls to sleep
319 199e Pegasus flies / late — strong wings but / leaden feet
320 199f Thunder — / a promise gutters will / be cleansed
321 199g Istanbul / sprawls — a sleepy cat / with one eye open

199bc [7/20]
199defg [7/23-24]

322 200a Stand in lines! / Sit on the tarmac! / Pegasus grounded.
323 200b White sky above; blue / sky below — the wind / between blows
324 200c Why ponder / thunder's bellow — your cat / meows for dinner
325 200d Surrounded by roses / Avgvstin Brvnnen / plays his pipes (AB 1643-1685 "Die Liebe Augustin)
326 200e Sitting on a new / bench in Neubau — old / not ancient
327 200f How many times / did the bell ring? It's / getting dark.
328 200g Thin woman — / a parasol walking / in this shade

200abcd [7/24 flight and Wien]
200efg [7/25 Wien]

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