Sunday, October 31, 2010


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Traffic in the pooling rain ...
to every drop
a cup.

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Saturday, October 30, 2010


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Scratchings
and whispers from hollows
... the cat

declines.

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Shhh, October leaves
no they don't, and they won't
listen ...

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Friday, October 29, 2010


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Children teased
tossed round 'n round
in the maple seed rains ...

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Stripped to the bone
the trees all a'tickle
... autumn moon.

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Samhain moon ...
shards their shadows clickety-clack
this way and back.

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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Tuesday, October 26, 2010


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... in the clinging drops
inching stops swelling headlights
pinching red lights ...

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On one foot
the duck's koan
... ribbons of sun in water.

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Monday, October 25, 2010


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... waves of pages
to the shallows catching
moments from the trees ...

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The cat's piss
in autumn leaves
... t'ain't no call ta shout.

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Sunday, October 24, 2010


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Bent and broken tines ...
a tattered web and rusts
of other autumns.

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Peeling forest ...
the hawk fades
to a rusting mist.

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Sooted panes ...
a grit of crows bending
streaks of sycamore.

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Of things peppered:
crows flocking in slate skies
... ash of autumn leaves.

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Saturday, October 23, 2010


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Roost of dressed stones ...
crows cawling arrivals
departures.

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Train window ...
she rubs the frown
from the setting sun.

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Of things tender:
bees and lovers lost in swells
of mustard blossom.

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Friday, October 22, 2010


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Autumn sits ...
a passing fuss
of crows.

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Of things black:
a stone's tight heart, its belly
its face in autumn rain.

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Of things feathered:
lights passing in the rain
... shadows in wet glass.

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Sizzling bubbles ...
she melts into the scent
of apples.

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Thursday, October 21, 2010


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Smack! ...
a last mosquito
chasing autumn leaves.

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After killing
a moth
... out to chase the moon.

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Her kisses goodnight
without
his glasses.

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The cat
stops, looks, blinks, disdains
and pads away.

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Of things pale:
lips of an ill child
... its mother's.

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Of things pinching:
bare feet on morning's frost
... a departing wave.

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First frost, first crows ...
a sugar glaze
split seven ways.

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... down glancing streets
city smiles
passed on in passing ...

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Snagged
in wild autumn winds
... the acorn's hat.

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Monday, October 18, 2010


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Of things sour:
end of an autumn rain
... a waiting cat.

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Of things sweet:
chasing falling leaves
... chased.

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Of things bitter:
last autumn leaf
... first winter wind.

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Of things cutting:
autumn crows tossed and spinning
... no crows.

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Of things hollow:
waking after autumn rain
... burnt toast.

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Through the cracking
beneath the leaves snapping
... one bell ... one bell ...

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Of things undone:
today's pile of leaves
... tomorrow's.

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Saturday, October 16, 2010


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Caught in the glaze
thrown to the shale walls
caught in her turn
thrown to her turn away
... autumn rain.

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The waking moon -
a rabbit
shadow to shadow ...

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... and here's where this starts
and goes on 'til this begins
and goes on and ends ...

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Spilling
chased from the autumn rain
... a williwaw of crows.

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Friday, October 15, 2010


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Autumn howl and black ...
a failing lamp
recalls the line.

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Crow, passing crow ...
autumn passing autumn
passing lies.

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Thursday, October 14, 2010


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Something burn and rust
something Fall and Falls
in a taste of rain.

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Wednesday, October 13, 2010


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Of things hurried:
the hawk too thin for autumn
... autumn sparrows.

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Of things scattered:
moonlight in frost
sleep after crying.

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010


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Mob of crows again ...
hacking in the tree again
silly jay!

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Untrue!
Untrue crow!
says you, says you, says you ...

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