January 2011
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A Month After the Solstice
The sun stays longer.
The momentum of winter
Carries the dark chill.
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Espresso Synesthesia
Many times I’ve pressed the lever And watched the shot ooze from the spouts Like mellow honey lather; Counted breaths to time the shot, Neglected pangs of hopes and doubts - Each pull what another’s not. Pressure varies with the tamp (Too loose and I’ll fall clear through); To make each grain hot and damp. As this stroke wavered, lite or strong, Sweet or bitter shifted too In...
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Old Master Laotse
Was surnamed the “Long-Eared” -
Ancestor rabbit.
- (Ref: Kakuzo, Book of Tea, p39)
klindbeck:
The wavering rose of sunset on the pond for a breath it filled my tired mind with reflected light
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Cold enough to drift,
Snow blows horizontally -
Carolina pines.
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In the air, then down,
Spine against the iced porch deck -
Yanked by my leashed dog.