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night-smothered
a diver gasping for straws . . .
the chill air
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winter bleakness —
a hunter-gatherer
prowls the aisles
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sealed by blood
the torn hymnal folds
of sunset
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half moon light —
darkness still at odds
with itself
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half moon blues —
parsing yin and yang
on a pond
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a night wind
bloated with endless space
gnaws on each word
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moonless night
my childhood takes on
sepia tones
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so boundless
the sound of my words
without me
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moonless night;
the traces of dreams
between stars
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night-drenched rain;
with sleep silence too
comes to rest
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plopping sound;
a Japanese wind
ruffles the pond
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ancient well —
it goes deeper still,
the first cut
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wind-born . . .
a lone leaf at last
settles for less
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here you are
just as I am imagining
recreating me
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night-drenched rain;
each splash has become
this silence
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daylight moon —
white-washing the night
with a lie
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solstice night —
what does it profit
amid the stars?
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- Category: June 2015
Darkness
dog
breath
with
its coming
back
is
God
:
awake
only in
the
midst
of it
:
rerum
novarum
the progress
of light
across
the working
slum
:
knowing it
the soft
susurration
of
nay-sayers
:
'nevermore'
a raven fills the mouths
of the poor
:
extinct
light douses
a nocturne
:
solstice night —
what does it profit
amid the stars?
:
so
eloquent
drip by drip
the withdrawal
of
sight
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city glow
fear leaves its own
carbon footprint
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Tui Variations on a Theme
winter coat
winter coat
the tui riffs off
'nevermore'
:
spring portal
a tui becomes
my rusty gate
my rusty gate
:
a tui
as if there is
no tomorrow
:
out of breath
the tui waits out
the moment
:
out of gods
the tui sounds out
room for doubt
:
before light
irridescence sinks
in a tui
:
the tui
lost for words
bobs his throat
:
over and over
the tui sounds out
the sense of now
:
day moon viewing
a tui sounds light and dark
all at once
:
nectar-gorged
the tui communes
with itself
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overhead
tattered shoes hang out
for 'p' labs
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with cold comfort
the tribbling wood pigeon
lays me to rest
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- Category: June 2015
is this fading darkness
a universe
or a little death?
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spring cleaning —
examining his conscience
the prosecutor
(after a Basho hokku)
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winter day-moon —
something I once heard
returns to haunt me
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behind closed doors
the old prospector sieves
a summer breeze
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- Category: June 2015
moonless night
the dramatic monologue
of a bagworm
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- Category: June 2015
overturning
a previous incarnation
the office worm