A za is a group of friends who write renku together. Renku is a Japanese chain-linked poem.

9.28.2006

32. [m]

the boy enters all muddied
and faces mother's grimace

9.27.2006

29. [m]

at the entrance
of the dog house i find
a missing slipper

9.21.2006

27. [m]

the left-overs
had been inside the fridge
for several months

9.17.2006

25. [m]

i get on
the toboggan behind five
bigger kids

9.11.2006

23. [m]

nothing good
on TV, so we look for
a pay-per-view

9.07.2006

21. [m]

the feel and smell
of a freshly-made bed with
clean sheets

9.06.2006

20. [m]

a gray owl descends
on a mouse in the snow

9.01.2006

18. [m]

the world war one ace
banks his smoking biplane