Monthly Archives: January 2018

Snow haiku

Posted on January 31, 2018 by

coldest skies shed snow curtains of tightly closed fists sweep the silver world Advertisements

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Tanka for meditation

Posted on January 31, 2018 by

waves wash the shore clean take the dross leave only gold meditation’s twin– mind or ocean filled too much with trash cannot thus be cleansed

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For a snowy pine (tanka)

Posted on January 30, 2018 by

pine’s fractal fingers- crystallized rain’s resting place- hold snowy beauty– See and praise the loveliness it is creating for you!

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The Box

Posted on January 30, 2018 by

Inside, it’s crowded, noisy with talk- Magic walls, transparent from out here, Curve space, distort vision from within- Warmth envelopes everyone inside Lulls them to sleep at brightest noon Eases questions into slurred dreams Quickly forgotten in the swamps Of … Continue reading →

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Tanka for an Early Spring

Posted on January 29, 2018 by

endless water falls a Winter meditation dreaming of itself- Life swirls under the soil endless colors gathering

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For My Feet

Posted on January 28, 2018 by

Once I thought nothing of walking barefoot on South Florida asphalt baked to softness in the summer noon- sandspurs embedded in thick calluses- a glass shard from the basketball court which, when extracted, exposed the pumping of my living heart. … Continue reading →

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Ubiquitous

Posted on January 28, 2018 by

If Winter is withdrawal of Light and its twin, Life, pulling deep down into themselves to wait for the grace of their own return, a reply to Summer in dark terms, it is so to gather strength for the great … Continue reading →

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