July Challenge 2 'water'

Write a haiku, tanka or senryu using 'water' in the broadest sense: from the rush of a river to the drip of a tap, from the hiss of hail to the swell of an ocean.
Visiting writers of Japanese genre poetry are also welcome to post their work in the challenge.

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  1. Black Dog Gallery27 July 2011 at 05:47

    River at low tide
    a heron tiptoes across
    a rippled sunrise

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  2. Alex Ryan27 July 2011 at 17:01

    grassy bank
    the gully swallowed
    by running water

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  3. Sasha27 July 2011 at 17:56

    old tin bucket
    brimming
    with the moon

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  4. Sasha27 July 2011 at 17:57

    in the centre
    of the moon
    goldfish

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  5. Margaret R27 July 2011 at 19:07

    winter reflection
    fractured clouds
    in the birdbath

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  6. lynette28 July 2011 at 07:45

    in the photo
    with curled edges
    he measures us
    against his great fish
    hooked from the swinging sea

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  7. Alex Ryan1 August 2011 at 05:09

    frost fern melt
    the afternoon sun
    on the window pane

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  8. Alex Ryan1 August 2011 at 05:15

    the gush
    of the storm drain
    bellows
    like the storm of thoughts
    in need of an outlet

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