Sunday, January 31, 2010


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Into the pond
morning's fingers, from the mist
... dragonfly.

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(Inspired by Leszek Paradowski's "Fog Paint" at 1x.com)

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Never mind, my love
the moon
still listens.

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Home late
she brings
... rain for two.

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She giggles
in her dream
... yeah, what the hell.

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The pigeon argues
shoo! shoo!
... exact change only.

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Spider
clinging to the bus
waiting for green.

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Crow
at the crosswalk
... cheater.

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The gutter's
careful reply -
tick ... tick ... tick ...

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Saturday, January 30, 2010


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Slips the sparrow
and follows the rain
... the beating rain.

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Cold wind
the web catching
... only itself.

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Yes crow, I agree
the morning
needs a crow.

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Another scream
yes kitty, mommy's
found another whisker.

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Black feather
somewhere a shadow
needs mending.

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Tricks of the wind
the paper bag
... young crow.

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Yes, chickadee, yes
songs to remember
... songs to forget.

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Forgotten cabin
the crow calls
... no one.

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Empty alley
a puddle, a few stars
... down on their luck.

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Friday, January 29, 2010


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Almost full moon
almost lost to the fog
... says the owl.

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Peeling seas crashing
screams in the salted winds
... I know why they cry.

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When I was a child ...
the crow calls
and falls away.

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Thursday, January 28, 2010


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See 'em? In the rain?
Eating figs in the rain, pigs?
Yeah ... pigs in the rain!

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Through other rains
another walks, another waits
... in other rains.

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Pipers in the mist
waves in the reed
... scratches in the sand.

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... above the white
crow sits rattling
skeletal seas ...

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Rusty latch
a rotting door, secrets
... who cares anymore.

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010


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Hushing seas
fraying sands, the dream
... footprints.

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Fury coiled, pop!
a furious flash, a tangle
leaps ...

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... scritchscritchscritchscritchscritch
  itchycat
scritchscritchscritchscritchscritch ...


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Naked streak
of the winter moon
... just like her sisters!

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Spinning with the stars
riding this marble round n'
round 'n round 'n round ...

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Kitty wants
what she wants
... on tippytoes.

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Ashes of autumn
no flame, no flicker, no white
... no winter.

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Tiny towhee
pop! twig to twig pop! pop!
... shh, winter.

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Ha-ha!
silly chickadee, the rains
have found us!

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010


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Winter, no winter
more bore winter
... more crumpled paper.

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Monday, January 25, 2010


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Just in time
the trees and I
... for the crow's goodnight.

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Sunday, January 24, 2010


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Yes, kitty
I agree
... the shadows are insane.

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Well
at least I have socks
... crow!

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That cat's pretending
to be another page
of news.

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Downpour
the sopping crow
... black storm.

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Lull in the rain
beneath the winds
... the crow's name.

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Saturday, January 23, 2010


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Peeled
cast to the snow
... the dragonfly's shadow.

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Winter stream
down, down in the ripples
... autumn.

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(Inspired by Lars Biorn-Hansen's "Color Palette" at 1x.com)
 

Friday, January 22, 2010


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Blades of the swallow
ribbons of wind
... for a lover.

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Tangles and creases
a bit of box on a string
... a little change.

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Tea harvest -
their mothers' songs
in the leaves.

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Your sisters
snatch even your shadow
... little crow.

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Chickadee
chasing the rain
... huddled crows.

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Barely morning
she dresses with the shadows
... winter rain.

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Pier in the water
peering up from the water
he ... something like me.

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Wounded sands
peeling in the wind
... footprints.

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010


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Condemning the snow
a stained jury
... of crows.

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