Moonlight
bright mid-winter stars-
your alabaster shoulders
dressed by the ghost moon
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rumpled sheets-
asleep intertwined
blanketed by the moon
Category Archives: Life
Origami
the senbazuru-
origami alchemy
brings my cranes to life
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parchment skin –
rice paper slowly
creased and folded
Blizzard
february wind-
red cheeks burning from a cold
slap across the face
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digging out-
melting snow
mingles with sweat
Birds
horizontal snow-
sparrows visit my feeder
heedless of the storm
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rime crusted wings-
a short respite
on my lilac
Leaves
dry and brittle leaves-
remnants of an early fall
captive in the snow
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crisp white linens-
leaves tumble
in the wind
Lake
light wind in my sails-
her long supple fingers glide
through tranquil water
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soft water-
stillness arrives
on silenced oars
Pastoral
an old farmer’s wall-
nestled in amongst the stones
sprigs of verdant moss
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clanking bells-
a worn cowpath
leading home
Predawn
rails shrouded in fog-
a ghost train departs beneath
the approaching dawn
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sunrise shadows-
nascent snow cradled in
dry autumn leaves
Transience
encroaching midnight-
the doomsday clock poised to toll
humanity’s dirge
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pools of red wax-
guttering candles
cast their meager light
Age
honeysuckle wine-
content letting the front porch
host my slow decline
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passing cars-
an afghan shrouds
her empty rocker