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Walking Japan: A Tanka

Through weeping cherry: Fisherman, knee-deep, watches red festival float being hauled across the bridge; sunset silhouettes spiders.

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Walking Japan: Tanka #2

the moth’s silky wings so brown, and feathered fern tufts taste autumn morning. the crow just wants the body; wing pieces blow in the breeze.

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365 Poems: #1

Boots, the stray cat, lies black and glossy on the porch, ignoring tomatoes ripening above.

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365 Poems: #3

sunday afternoon january 3rd start work tomorrow; today is leftovers and a good book

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Poem 2011/3

rain plunges past my window to lush sports field– a neat row of ibis contend with no one

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Poem 2011/4

the quiet hum of this passenger train as we slide over submerging suburbs– breathtaking

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Poem 2011/5

sleepy tropical noon thud– a gecko on my bed

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Poem 2011/18

the city drifts in the smoke of spring so soon after floods I just watch from the balcony half moon going up in smoke

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Poem 2013/1

in the nets a cricket bat cracks – almost hit by a swallow I forget what correlation means

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Poem 2013/16

midnight the possum rustles as it leaves I lean over the balcony throw a banana after it

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