Index

 

Unknown Artist - 'Ehagaki', or 'Picture Postcard' (c.1908)


400 Leaves - NB: poems posted daily, links will be added after posting.

1. On Haiku [essay]

2. Plein Air Poems [haikai]

3. Definitive Definitions [essay]

4. Black Cats [haiga]

5. Westminster Bridge [haikai]

6. Grey Seals [haiga]

7. Lotus Blooms [haiku] 

8. Sparrow Chatter [haibun]

9. Woodland Pool [haiku] 

10. The Spire [haikai] 

11. Roma [tanka]

12. Wentworth Place [haikai]

13. Tokyo Train [haiku]

14. Ebisu Evening [haiku]

15. Old Hotel [haibun]

16. Squid Boats [haiku]

17. Ship's Bows [haiku]

18. Liberation [haiga]

19. Wintry Mudbank [haiku]

20. Distant Places [haiku]

21. Kobe, 1995 [haiku]

22. Mejiro [haiku]

23. Pianissimo [haiku] 

24. Evening Guests [haibun] 

25. Hotel, Midnight [haibun]

26. Sycamore Seeds [haibun]

27. Silver Birch [haiku]

28. Heian Roots [haiku]

29. Timpani [haiku]

30. Floating Downriver [haiku] 

31. Traffic Weaving [senryu]

32. Old Routemaster Magic [tanka]

33. The Fly [senryu]

34. Ieyasu's Tomb [haiku]

35. White Mist [haiku]

36. Lonely Wing [haiku]

37. Criticism [essay]

38. Tummy Rumbles [senryu]

39. Columbo [haibun / senryu] 

40. Autumn in Mitake Gorge [haikai]

41. Yellow Flowers [haiku]

42. Azaleas at Nezu-jinja [haiku]

43. Leaping Fish [haibun]

44. Uneasy Dreams [haibun]

45. Tank Man [haiku] 

46. In the B+B [senryu]

47. Gembun & Cherita [gembun & cherita]

48. First Glimpse of Fuji [haibun] 

49. Ghost Trees [haiku]

50. Sultry Eyes [senryu] 

51. Intercity 125 [senryu]

52. Skylark's Song [haibun] 

53. Green Woodpecker [haikai]

54. Hot Air Balloons [haikai / linked verse] 

55. The Horse Trainer [haiku]

56. Talking to the Birds [haiku]

57. The Swan [haikai] 

58. Jingshan Park [prose poem]

59. Peace & Quiet [senryu]

60. The Thames at Night [haikai]

61. Under the Tree [haikai]

62. Tōkaidō [haiku]

63. Hakone Sekisho [senryu]

64. Red Bricks [tanka]

65. Sekikan [tanka]

66. White Sandals [tanka] 

67. People's Square [tanka]

68. Baiyun Guan [tanka / kyoka]

69. Kusamakura [haiku]

70. Above the Clouds [haiku]

71. Mrs Emma Peel [senryu / linked verse]

72. Bats and Black Silk [haiku]

73. Poems Come and Go [senryu] 

74. Book Sale [senryu]

75. Todai-ji, Nara [senryu]

76. Simple Souvenirs [haikai]

77. 36,000 Feet [haiku]

78. Haeundae, Busan [haiku]

79. Tanabata [haiku]

80. Wind-battered Straw Hat [senryu] 

81. Rembrandt's Scholar [tanka]

82. Rainbow [haiku]

83. The Viewpoint [tanka]

84. Nembutsu [haiku] 

85. Hot Pursuit [senryu] 

86. Poems Evolve [essay]

87. Book Leaves [haiku]

88. Evening Waltz [haiku]

89. Heron [haiku]

90. A Failed First Attempt [haiku / senryu]

91. Bow Cat [haiku / linked verse]

92. One Small Step [haiku / tanka]  

93. Rock of Ages [haiku]

94. Family Album [haiku] 

95. The Balloon [tanka] 

96. High Speed Rail [haikai] 

97. Past Midnight [haiku]

98. Zigzagging [haikai] 

99. Bachelor Pad [haiku]

100. Just Married [tanka]

101. Beneath the Bridge [haibun]

102. Old Soap [tanka] 

103. Old Edo East Sea Road [haibun]

104. A Hot Soak [senryu] 

105. Shape of Maple & Spruce [haikai] 

106. Postcards [senryu] 

107. Grey Drizzle [senryu] 

108. Koishikawa Korakuen #1 [haiku] 

109. Koishikawa Korakuen #2 [senryu] 

110. Koishikawa Korakuen #3 [haiku] 

111. Moonquake [tanka]

112. Building A Fire [tanka]

113. The Silent Battlefield [haiku]

114. Big Time Sensuality [haibun / senryu]

115. Empty Wharf [haiku]

116. Last Drops [haiku]

117. Five O'Clock Chimes [senryu]

118. In Memoriam - Redux [haiku]

119. Alhambra [tanka]

120. Lake Bled Quartet [haiku] 

121. Morning Haze [haiku]

122. Poems in Process [essay] 

123. High Jinks [haiku]

124. The Leap [haiku]

125. Mont Ventoux [tanka]

126. Losing the Fight [haiku]

127. Weltschmerz [linked verse]

128. Windjammer [tanka] 

129. Tokyo Rainbows [haiga] 

130. Unable to Sleep [haiku] 

131. Wooden Tennis Racquet [haiku]

132. Morning and Afternoon Post [tanka]

133. Night Rain [tanka] 

134. Is he the greatest? [gembun]

135. Linear Mandala [haiku] 

136. Sunflowers [haiku]

137. Starry Sky [haiku]

138. Empty Lighthouses [haiku / linked verse]

139. Silver Tops [haiku / senryu]

140. Cut Grass [haiku] 

141. Koishikawa Korakuen #4 & #5 [gembun & haiku]

142. Uncertainty [haiku] 

143. Grand Opening [senryu]

144. Seven Pips [senryu]

145. Two Candles [haiku]

146. Windswept Pine [haiku]

147. Beeswax [haiku]

148. Alone, In Company [haiku] 

149. Autumn Pavilion [haiku]

150. The Egg [haikai]

151. Remembrance of Things Past [haiku]

152. Still Waters [linked verse]

153. Autumn Song [haiku]

154. Rice Bin [haikai] 

155. Moon Silvered Wheat [haiku]

156. In Search of the Saxons [haikai]

157. Orange Peel [haiku]

158. Runnels & Rivulets [haiku]

159. Bligh's Bounty [haikai]

160. Light & Leaves [haiku] 

161. Gallery Goers [senryu]

162. In the Olive Grove [tanka]

163. Bell on the Buoy [haiku]

164. Rosy-Fingered Dawn [haiku]

165. A Stopped Clock [haiku]

166. Me Time [senryu]

167. Candyfloss Clouds [haiku]

168. Three Copper Pennies [senryu]

169. Pine Cones from Kew [haiku]

170. The Rose Bush [tanka]

171. The Wren [haiku]

172. Eating Toast with Tori [tanka]

173. Beneath Shimmering Waters [haiku]

174. Gnomon [haiku]

175. Orange & Blue [haiku]

176. Cherry Reds [haibun]

177. Lunar Line [haiku]

178. Scent of a Rose [haiku]

179. Rose Head [senryu]

180. Memento Mori [haiku] 

181. Shattered Celadon [haiku]

182. Pulp Fictions [tanka]

183. Day Moon [haibun]

184. Penny Arcade Lights [haiku]

185. Bamboo Rule [haiku]

186. Small Boats [haiku / linked verse]

187. Temple Bell [haibun]

188. The Old Shed [haiku]

189. Blue Period [senryu]

190. Afterlife in Amber [senryu] 

191. India Ink [haiku]

192. Sea & Sky [haiku]

193. Last Sunset [haiku]

194. Cicadas! [haiku]

195. Happy Halloween! [senryu]

196. Early Morning [haiku]

197. White Cottage [tanka]

198. Village Fete [senryu]

199. Petal Heads [haiku]

200. Bright Sparkles [haiku / senryu]

201. Saturn's Rings [haiku] 

202. New Morning [haiku]

203. In Her Clutch [senryu]

204. Remembrance Sunday [haiku]

205. Busy Bee [haiku]

206. Poppy Petals [haiku]

207. Duckweed [haiku]

208. Hanami [haiku]

209. Global Hypercolor [senryu]

210. Silent Focus [haiku] 

211. Mountain Temple [haiku]

212. Inner Sanctum [haiku]

213. Chatter of Pebbles [haiku / linked verse]

214. Dried Cherry Stones [haibun]

215. Waking Up [haiku]

216. Palace Pond [senryu]

217. Old Maps [haiku]

218. A Blur [haiku]

219. The Sandbar [haiku / linked verse]

220. Driftwood [haiku]

221. Jet Trails [haikai]

222. The Pheasant [senryu]

223. Our Boomerang [haiku / senryu] 

224. The ISS [haiku]

225. Murmuration [haiku] 

226. Cormorant [senryu]

227. Summer Solstice [haiku & senryu]

228. Cri de Coeur [haiku]

229. Sparrow Chats [haiku]

230. Serengeti Picnic [senryu]

231. Scribing the Sky [haiku]

232. New Moon [haiku / linked verse]

233. An Empty Ruin [haiku]

234. Old Oaks [haiku]

235. Amber Moon [haiku]

236. Bus Shelter [haiku]

237. Pine Shade [haiku]

238. Marking Time [haiku]

239. Sunflower Seeds [haiku]

240. Snow Overnight [haiku]

241. Toffee Apples [haiku]

242. Beachcombing [haiku]

243. Bamboo Steamers [haiku]

244. Yellow Paper Moon [haiku]

245. Dandelions [haiku]

246. Forget-Me-Nots [haiku]

247. Change in the Wind [haiku]

248. Tom Bawcock's Eve [haiku]

249. Moonbathing [senryu]

250. Sea Shell [summer]

251. Drifting Between [haiku]

252. High Notes [haiku]

253. More Tired [haiku / senryu]

254. Unmoved [haiku]

255. Grumbles of Thunder [haiku]

256. Weeping Willow [haiku]

257. Half Moon [haiku]

258. New Year [haiku]

259. Following Clouds [haiku]

260. Rotemburo [haiku]

261. Paths Untaken [haiku]

262. London Underground [haiku]

263. A Walk in the Woods [haiku]

264. Winter Midnight [haiku]

265. Freshly Turned [haiku]

266. Far End of the Field [haiku]

267. Cutting the Mist [haiku]

268. Careful Paws [haiku] 

269. Mutiny! [haiku]

270. Pot Plants [haiku / senryu]

271. Watching a Warbler [tanka]

272. Petrified [haiku]

273. Wandering Anywhere [haiku]

274. Making A Day Of It [linked verse] 

275. Savouring Samsara [haiku / senryu] 

276. Evening Light [haiku]

277. Haiku Moment [senryu]

278. Empty Mansion [senryu]

279. Something To Do [tanka]

280. First Date [cherita / haibun]

281. Primping the Pooch [senryu]

282. Handy Pine [haiku / senryu] 

283. Time's River [haiku] 

284. Harvest Fiesta [haiku]

285. Coming of Age [gembun / linked verse]

286. Long Fronds [haiku]

287. Fallen Log [haiku]

288. Turkish Tea [haiku]

289. Rio, Dalston [haiku]

290. Clissold Park [haiku]

291. Walthamstow Marshes [haikai] 

292. Full English [senryu]

293. Moonless Tide [haiku]

294. Terminates Here [linked verse]

295. After Midnight [haiku]

296. Before Sunrise, 1995 [gembun]

297. Question Unanswered [tanka] 

298. Homeward, Harrow [gembun]

299. Kitchen Window [haiku]

300. In Clover [haiku]

301. Autumn Smiles [haiku]

302. Wild Flowers [haiku]

303. Standing Stone [haiku]

304. Her High Heels [senryu]

305. Happy Hour Again [senryu] 

306. Autumn Sour [haiku]

307. First Frost [haiku]

308. A Lost Glove [haiku] 

309. Wild Rose [haiku]

310. Like A Lemon [haiku] 

311. Shared Landscapes [gembun]

312. Mist at Miyajima [haiku]

313. Botallack Mine [haiku]

314. After Rain [haiku]

315. Silver Flashes [haiku]

316. Spiral Galaxies [haiku]

317. So Far [haiku]

318. Long Shadows [haiku]

319. Soka Matsubara [haiku / linked verse]

320. Iridescence [haiku] 

321. Persimmons [haiku]

322. False Futures [haiku / senryu]

323. Sheltering from the Sun [haiku]

324. Reading the Future [senryu]

325. Picture Spot [haiku / senryu]

326. Book Browsing [haiku]

327. Westminster Chimes [haiku]

328. Ordnance Survey [linked verse]

329. All These Worlds [haiku / senryu]

330. Constructing the Quays [haiku] 

331. Paint Pots [haiku]

332. Soba and Tatami [haiku]

333. Standing on Ceremony [haiku / senryu]

334. Free Rain [senryu]

335. Night Cycle [senryu]

336. Saint Cuthbert [gembun] 

337. Concentric Circles [haiku] 

338. Warmth of the Pine [haiku]

339. Earth and Sky [haiku]

340. The Copse [haiku]

341. London Lights [haiku]

342. Osaka Castle [gembun]

343. Tea or Coffee? [haiku]

344. Cushioned in Dream [haiku]

345. Toy Boats [haiku]

346. Harold Lloyd in Japan [haiku]

347. First Sign of Spring [haiku]

348. Go! Nana! Go! [senryu]

349. Comet Hale-Bopp, 1997 [haiku]

350. Umbrellas Emerging [haiku]

 


 

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