January 2009
19 posts
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Empty winter lake:
One sail, healed by the stiff gale,
Captures my desire.
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“is aWalking {koan, coHen?,
cOnUnDrUm). spellThis: suck
[maggotLure]....”
– renice
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On Wumenguan - koan 32
No crack of the whip
Need rip hands from the cliff’s edge.
Lightning from shadow!
And a haiku for Kittie
Crucifix posture
Demonic growl, pause, drum fill
Spaghetti strap tank
Magic Molly
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Cat's Paw Proof
The articulation of my cat’s paw,
Its furred retraction;
Its honed sharp extraction
To the flensing blade of a claw;
This range of function from the gentle to the tough
Should be proof enough
openmicro:
the day after I fell, perfect awareness of body.
aj3d
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Invocation of Issa
Issa please come talk
Of the ordinary mind
In 17 vowels.
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Hair eight inches long,
Nearly enough to donate,
Grays the barber’s floor.
Starting Today: poems for the first 100 days →
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Old track through bare woods
Still after 500 walks
Fun for dogs’ noses.
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On Wumenguan - koan 31
Wisdom mountain’s path
In front of your nose, but first:
Check out this woman!
To which my old friend Sam replied:
Dem damn ole’ haiku Dey jes keep a’commin’ roun’ Checkin’ out de gurlz
morningporch:
Clear and cold at dawn, with a crescent moon tangled in the treetops. A tiny white prayer flag flutters from a branch: some vacant cocoon.
Last year
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Snow patches linger,
Melting brightly in the sun:
Inauguration.
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Most satisfying:
Dogs breath steaming in sunlight -
Winter morning walk.
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Dreamed you a small girl,
Feet swinging over peddles,
Playing piano.
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Deadfall dropped by me
Inches to spare, beside me,
On the storm-tossed trail.
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Minor official,
Great American Empire,
Now heron watching.
morningporch:
Long before daylight you can hear it coming, this first Monday after New Year’s, loud with the whine of truck tires on the interstate.
Last year