January 4, 2025

   Short Verse
by Marie Bortolotto 2025


I.

no pond
--
a resin frog sits
in soundlessness



January 3, 2025

  Short Verse
by Marie Bortolotto 2025


I.

even in a hard, cold rain

the little black cat runs
to greet me



January 2, 2025

   Haiku Oracular Utterance
by Marie Bortolotto 2025


I.

postscript

 the fugitive sustains
a just heart



Marie Bortolotto

January 1, 2025

   Short Verses
by Marie Bortolotto 2025


I.

new year's morning

only the crows and i
walk about




II.


decrepit house

festive decorations
still spark
le



III.


misty mountain

a buddha sits
facing traffic




IV.


tasting clouds

a tall pine soars
above the concrete




V.


twilight descends
the smell of
damp earth



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