July 2007
40 posts
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The pain of parting
So sharp she thrust a dagger
In her daughter’s heart
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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Sitting in limbo
Pacing the doc’s waiting room
A beige pastel world
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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I’m always so high
In my serotonin
Hallucination
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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When I was a child
The night was loud and bright with
Whippoorwills, fireflies.
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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3 in the morning
The water is falling down:
Should I take that job?
Rather drink muddy water & sleep in a hollow log.
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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All night long I dreamt
The stars were haunted by owls:
Soft hoots, silver light.
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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4 embarrassed eyes
Stare over the mattress edge:
Dog shit on the floor.
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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Summer morning mist
Just reaches to the hubcaps:
Old car in the woods.
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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Went down to the Bursar,
Showed her my fishing licence:
School won’t cost a dime.
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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They charged tuition!
I won’t take that lying down.
I’m over 60.
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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On Wumenguan - koan 29
Flag, wind, brain all wave
Every extant thing flutters:
Stars gleam on glass lake
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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Just the job for me:
A Beach Administrator
Bossing the starfish
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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She rose before me:
Indentation of her head
Left on her pillow
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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My touch of sugar
Tested less than 100
The first time in years!
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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S. divinorum
Reality hosed off mind
Like a wet paint job
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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Birds in a frenzy
But four stuffed crows stand in line
Midst the mayfly hatch
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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Maypops, thornapples,
Wild grapes and puffballs were found
But no wildflowers
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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Where blue herons perch
Mornings on my neighbor’s dock
Now a king fisher
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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On Wumenguan - koan 28
As the sun rises
I’m dwelling on Tokusan
Snuffing the candle
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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One plaintive “Meow”
Beside the bed this morning:
Old cat wants breakfast
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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“Black turtle, yellow soup”
The phrase in my mind this morning
Just before waking
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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Ear-flap, yawn then bow:
Dog’s formal morning greeting
Ancient Shinto priest
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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Massed purple martins
Swirl round invisible bugs
Like a smoke cyclone
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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One drake and nine ducks
Fidget on a wood pier’s end:
Twenty mallard eyes.
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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On Wumenguan - koan 27
Cat-killing Nansen,
Slicing truth just as ruthlessly,
Killed science and art.
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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Thinking! Thinking! Wow!
There’s so many sticky thoughts
When I first notice.
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
To which my old friend replied:
“Like frightened sparrows,
Thoughts and feelings come and go.
Why chase after them?
The sparrow chaser whirls on: A funnel cloud of sparrows.
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The perfect gift to
Help her see I’m beautiful:
Our pot-bellied pig.
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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Blue Heron squawks away.
“I spooked your competition.”
To the fisherman
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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Rowboat, two wet dogs:
Family in the fast pontoon
Pretend not to see
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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Rowing Rock Island
Whistling so the dogs will know
Just where I’m paddling
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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Live Earth from Sydney
Up all night for Crowded House
And Wolf Mother rocks!
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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Sat-chit-ananda
Being awarness and bliss:
Creation’s desire
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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It’s been 4 days now
Without a tweet to gnaw on:
I’m missing renice
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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Singularity:
Bounce-point for universes
Each bounce different
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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My cat’s ancestor
Felis silvestris lybica,
Would be proud of him
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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High summer woods trail
Someone walked here this morning
Clearing spiderwebs
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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The only refuge
For winded dog-chased rabbit:
Briarpatch born ‘n bred
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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Rabit’s running path
Dogs track her by sent alone
Long gone the rabbit
(via Twitter / John Hicks)
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Cell # in dirt:
Called her just before the rain
Washed it all away
(via Twitter / John Hicks)