Monthly Archives: May 2015

Advice

Posted on May 31, 2015 by

If you should ever have a child And wish you hadn’t later, I offer this, all free of charge: Don’t tell her that you hate her. Just keep your regrets to yourself; Pretend you love her, too, For if you … Continue reading →

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Bat

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Today a sleeping bat Hung folded in the hall Like a tiny brown Chinese lantern Outside the room where we sang The Latin syllables we love. I wanted badly to take it home Or at least move it to the … Continue reading →

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Peony Haiku

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Peonies bow down To heaviness of spring rain As pink beauty falls

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Thank You

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So many people Have come and gone Leaving only the touch Of a butterfly’s wing, Beautiful but invisible And gone. Only you stay, My center and your own, My fixed point In a vortex of change, My anchor and hope … Continue reading →

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On Looking Long into an Old Dog’s Eyes

Posted on May 29, 2015 by

Deeper than most men’s hearts, Crystal-studded brown wells Gaze back steadily – Simplify this world To a single aspiration: Kindness.

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Getting What We Don’t Deserve

Posted on May 29, 2015 by

This impossible beauty You’ve dropped me in– It’s more than I hoped for, Never thinking I should have so much. From the tiny daisies Sprouting up in the grass To the intentional iris, To the generous peonies, Your hand made … Continue reading →

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For My Son (Tanka)

Posted on May 29, 2015 by

Radicchio spires Throws herself to the future Hopes for strong children. If we have achieved that much, Why should we desire more?

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