#OTD in 1960
‘Indulge yourself. . .’
Illustration by John Falter (1910-1982)
Sanka
LIFE, October 3, 1960
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#OTD in 1960
‘Indulge yourself. . .’ Sanka
Illustration by John Falter (1910-1982)
LIFE, September 19, 1960
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Wed, 16th Sep 2026
7:15am

Having seen my son's psychiatrist,
we walk home with Hegel and Kant,
the fullness of a rambler rose.

Swallows, blue tits, crows. Autumn has come. I'm sitting on the balcony. C418's songs. I take b/w pictures of the mad clouds with my analog camera.

#makotosdiary #sanka

with my morning coffee
gasping, crying in the train
the perfection that is Céline Dion

—Makoto

#sanka #tanka

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ashes from a housefire—
sometimes i want to be
criminally deviant

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car's rear lights disappearing
in the night ...
somehow im far beyond this now moment

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weary...
walking home i barely notice anything
or anyone—empty parking lot

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weakness of a bayou bridge
the children learn
how to say 'buy' in Creole

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mouth watering
for the taste of Dr. Pepper and apple Jack...
nothing else matters
/

once home from a long day
collapsed on the floor
and simply cried
/

late noon sun over the bayou
thinking of everything
and nothing at all
/

freedom—
such a costly thing
these days

making plans
to have Dr. Pepper and apple Jack—
i should've been a criminal

#sanka #tanka

extra wine needed
to swallow and digest this day—
ive never seen begonias

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these days i've run out of words
sunbaked sidewalks
and passing cars in the hood

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some weird ass dream...
a brief morning shower after exercising
and before i ground outside

#sanka #tanka

remembring Mishima's seppuku
this afternoon heat
is unrelenting

#sanka #tanka

i don't laugh off money problems...
in between pauses
i continue bitching about them

#sanka #tanka

haiku in threes and tanka in fives—
taking a break from people
i enjoy a smoke out back

#sanka #tanka

under this burning sky—
then my thoughts stop
and my feet continue to move

#sanka #tanka

#sanka - a term given to me by Dick Whyte @forgottenpoets.bsky.social literally means 'three lined song' and is a nod of respect to the 3 lined #tanka of Takuboku Ishikawa.

somehow i'm still me...
trudging slowly to work
its only ten minutes away

#sanka #tanka