Saturday, February 27, 2010


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Little moons
in the dew, little mouse
... and you.

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Little mouse -
it feels cruel to trap you
in these words.

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Little mouse -
your little world
... my little world.

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Friday, February 26, 2010


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Still
in m-m-m-m-my head
... silly moth.

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From a tall hemlock
a crow praying
... dreams of wind.

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Crier crow -
To night! To night!
All, to night!

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The hawk -
the crows, little wren
have saved you.

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Two a.m.
yes, winter rain
... applause seems right.

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Winter melt
the river stone
... no, no goodbyes.

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Thursday, February 25, 2010


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Cry and cry kitty
squint and sigh kitty, look and
... bye kitty.

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Feather rains
whisper winds, shh
... winter wrens.

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(Google image search: winter wren)


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Out in the rain, crow
I know what you see, crow
... not me, crow, not me.

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(Inspired by Buddha's Ghost's "Ashes" at Flicker.com)




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Words
painted on skin
pieced from a heart
gathered to the flesh
... bleeding in the rain.

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010


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I see you
that day, the river
the black barge turns away
and slips to black things
... and I sink to old dreams.

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The deepest sigh
the long, long peel
of the sea
dreams of before, of dreams to come
... or dreams only dreams.

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Old fir
wintered through winters
splintered to splinters
reached to reaches and dreams
... no more.

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Will that chinese cat
meet you halfway
... kitty?

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Her backside myside
her majesty Impatience
... the cat.

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Seeking
nor gifting warmth
winter trees
seeking in their dreams, gifting
... silence.

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010


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The locked stones
a young juniper
... dancing.

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A pinch of frost
eastern flames pinched
from white mountains.

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... and I
pretend snow
and I pretend playing
pretend games
we never ...

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... wrap and peel
the moments
tick-tock-tick-tock ...

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Monday, February 22, 2010


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At last
the fingers wrap
the wrap pinches
and peels, at last
tick tock tick tock ...

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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Thursday, February 18, 2010


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Sparrows popping
in the early frost
... yeah, still gets me.

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Stars -
it's too much
... stars in the frost!

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Lake Anenuma -
too cold
even for cold toes.

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Lake Ogawara -
we were young
... once.

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Misawa beach -
stone sled, the draughthorse
... skipping.

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Kitty -
squinting isn't changing the
salmon to chicken.

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010


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Frosty sparrows
snug in their beds
... February blossoms.

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Kitty -
no horses
in the house!

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The moon's name
written in her face
... the old game.

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Black, black crow
you and I
should forget.

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Passing crows
the dead end sign
... Lies! Lies! Lies!

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Startled in a dream
that rat-a-tat-tat, that jay
... yesterday.

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Bell of the buoy
always almost
and never home.

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... sand - wind 
grass - wind
scratch - wind ...

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(Inspired by Beatrix's "Zen - nature's brush" at 1x.com)