After 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 …

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Thoughts 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

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A 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   …

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Drops 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 …

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