the warm sun deceives its guests behind the winter wind
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an open door and a warm hearth— on a winter day walking here beneath the withered branches he meets a friend dancing on the moon— the midnight curtain drops to close the show cake baked the day is set— never to leave again
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reclining attitudes— she waits for him who will not show ancient man among the peach trees— winter has laid them bare
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child riderfree to follow the light—a seeker of love’s embrace always seeking the sunwhile tied to the earth reader of the codesthat are interwovenin the fabricbetween then & nowbetween heaven & earth seeds that growin the life forcethat surrounds us allto rise above the earthonly …
Read MoreAfter Hearing the Rain
wetwith the dewof a heavy rain—the scent of ozonelingering still * a bird criessomewhere in a nest—her shattered child * the gate has opened—I walk throughlooking for salvation * these are the soulswho wanderthe desolate streets—I search their eyesthey do not see * in the streetafter a heavy rain—a …
Read MoreThoughts on Time
the lost artof statues and colonnadessketched in time Ꚛ stars slumberas the sea waterthat rings my feet Ꚛ light mixed in shadebetween the leavesthat line my feet Ꚛ centuries oldas leaves whisperon New England stone Ꚛ another dayshe wanders onwithout a name
Read MoreA Song Where I Belong
Inspired by Maxfield Parish’s “The Dinky Bird” On the clouds Of fruit-filled dreams I dream Of castles And fairy tales One ladder Each step— A movement in time Falling along a road Looking at the skyEach kiss a melody— The words, a broken cord Time protected In knotsAnd fortress walls …
Read MoreDrops from Keido Fukushima’s “Leaves”
wind and sea—the leaves we leavefor other generations little by little—the leaves line upto be lifted by the wind pure sky—awakened to soundof single leaf trees and skies—the generations growfrom leaf to leaf running in the wind—searching for “self”in the veins of time water and life—a drop in the moon’smidnight …
Read More59 Poems Inspired by Salvador Dali’s “Mad Tristan”
in the garden of sun she held me by her golden rays she guarded the entrance with poison tipped at my heart he bore a present of withered roses but still she took it despite the cracks the wall still protected her hidden love he …
Read MoreBehind the Walls
Haiku Version the prison had only one unmarked white van to reveal its secrets his fingers felt each brick of the prison’s wall as he tried to climb out he drove down the long, narrow driveway of the prison he called home the trees just …
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