Tanka by Tito

　

                                                        In a cottage garden

                                                        Rhubarb taking

                                                        Autumn sunshine -

                                                        How near to home                                  

                                                        Yet far!

 

                                                                            (Cook's Cottage, Melbourne, 2.5.06)

　

 

                                                        Seagulls dozing

                                                        Between the chimney pots;

                                                        That ship in a bottle

                                                        At an old-fashioned price

 

                                                                            (Whitby, Yorkshire, 26.6.06)