tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26394988634911252092024-03-19T04:45:47.546+00:00gennepherhaiku, tanka, micropoetry, poetry and haigagennepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04018211831385587676noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639498863491125209.post-22953041958019826722014-10-17T22:18:00.001+01:002014-10-17T22:39:25.930+01:00haiku, tanka, poetry and micropoetry by gennepher<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
under<br />
blue skies<br />
on the mountain top<br />
this summer<br />
we met</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
ever so gently<br />
you took my head<br />
kissed me both cheeks<br />
your forehead to mine<br />
you held me<br />
forever </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
locked<br />
away<br />
so deep inside<br />
secrets<br />
in those eyes</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
voices<br />
of the children<br />
silent<br />
these shifting grains of sand<br />
along the shore</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
faded <br />
with time<br />
this creased photograph<br />
the boy who smiled<br />
my brother</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
silent ghosts<br />
orbs of night's sleep<br />
lighting the way<br />
no-one arrives<br />
no-one leaves</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
eyes<br />
so deep<br />
this universe<br />
the stars we fly<br />
in orbs of light</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
war gravestones<br />
crumbling away<br />
two seagulls sit and watch</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
falling<br />
one by one<br />
on war graves<br />
these cleansing tears<br />
of raindrops</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
ocean of my soul<br />
so deep<br />
I swim<br />
into<br />
depths of you</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
in my pocket<br />
a white feather<br />
two seagulls watching</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
sea foam<br />
taking flight<br />
fluttering<br />
butterflies<br />
kiss my toes</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
falling<br />
a white feather<br />
disappears<br />
into colours<br />
of your rainbow</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
hiding a whisper<br />
of you and I<br />
moss covered names</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
the silent child<br />
she breathed in<br />
the moon and stars</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
disappearing<br />
round a corner<br />
the past</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
this voyage<br />
your silence<br />
I watch and I wait</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
remembering<br />
the past<br />
gnarled hands<br />
softly stirring<br />
aged eyes<br />
and soft hearts</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
silken<br />
shadows<br />
this skin<br />
of water's<br />
existence</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
sleeping the stars<br />
a gentle fall<br />
of rain</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
made from<br />
rainbows dancing<br />
on the sea<br />
my name<br />
I will never know</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
each way I turn<br />
this blue of you<br />
reaching out<br />
and yet<br />
silence</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
trickling<br />
down granite<br />
stone<br />
this melancholy<br />
of thought</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
painting<br />
this endless night<br />
the moon<br />
who remains<br />
to grieve</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
restless<br />
this distant grey<br />
your voice<br />
softer now<br />
drifts back</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
long ago<br />
amidst<br />
dawn's mists<br />
this story<br />
began</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
this afternoon<br />
watching you<br />
I realise<br />
you<br />
have to go</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
at the end<br />
of the day<br />
alone<br />
evening<br />
has no end</span></span>
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***</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
hanging <br />
in the air<br />
echoes of our future<br />
be safe<br />
take care</span></span>
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***</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
candle<br />
a lighthouse beam<br />
this night<br />
of soft<br />
goodbyes</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
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***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
walking<br />
the shore line<br />
at midnight<br />
an infinity<br />
of star-shells</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
love<br />
in this lifetime<br />
our<br />
moss-covered<br />
initials</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
this distance<br />
between us<br />
time<br />
passes<br />
s i l e n t l y</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
dreaming<br />
your words<br />
these soft winds<br />
carry them away<br />
one by one</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
black<br />
the night unfurls<br />
a feather<br />
softly<br />
so softly</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
sitting<br />
in the soft green light<br />
she watched<br />
all the people<br />
slowly fade away</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
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***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
sky<br />
so blue<br />
all day<br />
the child's windmill<br />
perfectly still</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
beneath<br />
tall spiked leaves<br />
cold shadows<br />
each thought<br />
so carefully sown</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
waves<br />
stealing<br />
from sea shores<br />
rounded pebbles<br />
a ridge line<br />
just out of sight<br />
salt spray eyes<br />
bluer<br />
than an ocean is deep</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
shadows<br />
this blue light of you<br />
those unreal years</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
rippling<br />
over rounded pebbles<br />
golden water<br />
this heartbeat<br />
of healing</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
a trail<br />
of words you laid<br />
your eyes<br />
mists of hopes <br />
and dreams</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
green ferns<br />
silent mists<br />
reflecting<br />
all the words<br />
imprisoned</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
mirroring<br />
her life<br />
a little ballerina<br />
dancing<br />
within the music box</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
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***</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
sky<br />
so blue<br />
all day<br />
the weather vane<br />
perfectly still</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
slipping<br />
through your fingers<br />
the music fades<br />
note by note<br />
the hourglass empties</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
dreaming<br />
your words<br />
these soft winds<br />
carry them away<br />
one by one</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
blossoming<br />
for such<br />
a brief time<br />
yet twined together<br />
for eternity</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
hanging<br />
in the air<br />
echoes of our future<br />
be safe<br />
take care</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
restlessness<br />
now you are<br />
gone<br />
those rusted<br />
seams</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
awaking<br />
just in time<br />
the sleeper<br />
sees this<br />
fluttering of dreams</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
a gentle<br />
fall of rain<br />
these dewey eyes</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
fluttering<br />
in my head<br />
thoughts<br />
so fleeting<br />
these wings of flight</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
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***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
tumbling<br />
into waters<br />
deep<br />
reflections<br />
of moon's breath</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
sorrow<br />
why does it jaggedly<br />
come here<br />
to sit<br />
by my feet</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
night unfurls<br />
wings so black<br />
a feather<br />
falling<br />
so softly</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
crossroads<br />
of time<br />
dawn<br />
embracing<br />
both night and day</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
watercolour dreams<br />
of laughter<br />
fading away<br />
shadows<br />
of your memories</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
where<br />
does this dream<br />
end</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
cradle<br />
of your heart<br />
freedoms<br />
dancing<br />
this painted sky</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
wandering<br />
within<br />
silence<br />
thoughts<br />
shimmering</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
fragrance<br />
of dreams<br />
as petals fall<br />
these dark seeds<br />
grow</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
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***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
honing her skills<br />
on autumn leaves<br />
fat tabby cat</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
these<br />
arms of mine<br />
so tired<br />
weightless<br />
I fly</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
becoming<br />
part of you<br />
I lose myself<br />
yet I find<br />
other parts of me</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
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***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
again<br />
she swooped<br />
her dive<br />
rippling the pond<br />
empty</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
this morning<br />
watching from my bed<br />
a flypast<br />
thirteen<br />
geese</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
at the end<br />
of my bed<br />
the dog<br />
having dreams<br />
she wakes me at midnight</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
a silver mirror<br />
at the end of the day<br />
the lake<br />
waiting<br />
for moon's reflection</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
the light<br />
by the sea<br />
a double rainbow<br />
she pulls her jacket round her<br />
and she waits</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
through<br />
falling leaves<br />
wind whistles<br />
a whirlwind<br />
of snowflakes</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
bare ribbed sand<br />
this past of days<br />
distant<br />
a sea<br />
recedes</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
if only<br />
I could turn<br />
this page<br />
open<br />
for yesterday</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
dried<br />
honesty pods<br />
parchment thin<br />
the skin<br />
on my arms</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
a child dances<br />
from deep inside<br />
of me<br />
a river flows<br />
soft shadows of absence</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
only the moon<br />
freed from the sky<br />
shone<br />
this touch<br />
of light</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
a twisted tree<br />
overhangs<br />
the bench<br />
where are the years<br />
when we were young</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYcQ5CjKwkcnHQfrMm2GEriLnrHcUtqYcF2K5zrKxEg4WKLInidV21mrYwrc4UPHXe6VR6pd8cSRTHFV7t1v_0VwH9Oewvfl2PKM-DFRQc2I-BnlQqMx5Lpvif30eoU2ILT4M6XBLSMJs/s1600/iPad+17-10-2014+032.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYcQ5CjKwkcnHQfrMm2GEriLnrHcUtqYcF2K5zrKxEg4WKLInidV21mrYwrc4UPHXe6VR6pd8cSRTHFV7t1v_0VwH9Oewvfl2PKM-DFRQc2I-BnlQqMx5Lpvif30eoU2ILT4M6XBLSMJs/s1600/iPad+17-10-2014+032.JPG" height="320" width="320" /></a>
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***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
these stones<br />
of night<br />
opening<br />
petals <br />
of moonlight</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
catching her<br />
from a thousand miles away<br />
a lullaby of the night<br />
the song<br />
she heard</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
collecting<br />
sea shells<br />
filling the glass bowl<br />
the sea<br />
empties</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
finally<br />
I see<br />
my loneliness</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
when autumn woke up<br />
she wondered<br />
where summer had gone</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
colours of greyness<br />
colours of the sun<br />
sea washed<br />
memories<br />
of silence</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
the dreaming world<br />
turns<br />
waiting there<br />
just<br />
for a moment</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
mirrored stars<br />
escaping<br />
one by one</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
silence fades<br />
no one enters<br />
these still waters<br />
silently they walk<br />
a loneliness</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
benches<br />
in the town hall square<br />
under the trees<br />
she sits<br />
and waits</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcryqa4pfW2nsd5cMRok6n2leG6GRaktL9PjHGv3VeGB2sc9ZtGr2ypyGrD18RBPzMa5hXBU-KKmdsLhN5Hd-FS0Gjo0bqL1iiYoUP19DGS6s2bbBtU2sYZyLEyw2BZVXOFShVFrAtGE/s1600/iPad+17-10-2014+021.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcryqa4pfW2nsd5cMRok6n2leG6GRaktL9PjHGv3VeGB2sc9ZtGr2ypyGrD18RBPzMa5hXBU-KKmdsLhN5Hd-FS0Gjo0bqL1iiYoUP19DGS6s2bbBtU2sYZyLEyw2BZVXOFShVFrAtGE/s1600/iPad+17-10-2014+021.JPG" height="320" width="240" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
the clock<br />
in the darkness<br />
is nothing<br />
just the tremor<br />
of the second hand</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
feathers<br />
buried<br />
in the sand<br />
her flight<br />
only whispers to the stars</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
shadows<br />
of your voice<br />
scattered dreams<br />
your hands<br />
so cold</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
turning<br />
on its axis<br />
the dreaming world<br />
she could not<br />
enter yet</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
at midnight<br />
I too<br />
will be silent<br />
the world<br />
forgets to breathe</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
dancing<br />
in the wind<br />
two seagulls</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
carried away<br />
on an ebb tide<br />
memories</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
distance<br />
of your gaze<br />
hauntings of your dreams</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
ocean<br />
of your eyes<br />
so hard to see<br />
through seas<br />
of blue water</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
holding<br />
her breath<br />
this distance<br />
between<br />
worlds</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
fragments of song<br />
blue of you<br />
and your seas</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
dancing stars<br />
I know<br />
what I have lost</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
it waits<br />
there a moment<br />
then walks away<br />
your eyes<br />
constantly seeking</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
pages<br />
of a book<br />
fluttering<br />
these wings<br />
of change</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
sleeping<br />
these dreams<br />
of the sea<br />
the lighthouse<br />
waits for night</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
walking<br />
down a time<br />
when I never was<br />
and when<br />
I never knew</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
thoughts<br />
do not die<br />
consciousness<br />
constellations<br />
of scattered stars</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
a crescent moon<br />
scythes<br />
the sky<br />
this deepness<br />
of hurt</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
the sound<br />
of two hands<br />
clapping<br />
another mosquito<br />
bites the dust</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
rolling<br />
into waves<br />
sky<br />
mingles<br />
with the sea</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
this distance<br />
you keep<br />
protecting<br />
tired dreams<br />
on days like these</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
flickering<br />
like an old movie<br />
an elevator light</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
only<br />
stillness<br />
a rustle<br />
withering leaves<br />
crumble</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
ghosts<br />
of shadows<br />
these dirt tracks<br />
a narrowness<br />
of dust</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
chairs<br />
of memories<br />
these empty seats<br />
details<br />
of all those years</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
dust<br />
of the setting sun<br />
this colour<br />
of bleeding<br />
hearts</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwZ9qH_AUN_SXVZBhQCy94kOhd4ULh3tlnjGQyKyrMkeMKVdSwOc9ELhN19bU8jDuLJw4jhX4qjRHUeBcXLh5ini95M-4IRpCwmYx3yy_956SujJWgLzNPTxT14HLadb2JmlbJyDNtTmc/s1600/iPad+17-10-2014+210.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwZ9qH_AUN_SXVZBhQCy94kOhd4ULh3tlnjGQyKyrMkeMKVdSwOc9ELhN19bU8jDuLJw4jhX4qjRHUeBcXLh5ini95M-4IRpCwmYx3yy_956SujJWgLzNPTxT14HLadb2JmlbJyDNtTmc/s1600/iPad+17-10-2014+210.JPG" height="320" width="320" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
rearview mirror<br />
I finally see<br />
my loneliness</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
riding<br />
the story of history<br />
truth</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
random<br />
thoughts<br />
a cold dawn<br />
this spider web<br />
sifts shadows</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
time<br />
closed down<br />
tunnel vision<br />
a sharp scent<br />
hit her nostrils</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
before<br />
she sleeps<br />
she goes out<br />
to breathe<br />
the scents of night</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
you pulled me<br />
into your life<br />
rooms of dreams</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
wandering<br />
in and out<br />
of afternoons</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
one by one<br />
either side of existence<br />
video clips<br />
deleted<br />
one by one</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
tumbling<br />
dark waterfalls<br />
a thermos<br />
pours<br />
its coffee</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
an<br />
emptiness<br />
as though<br />
nothing<br />
exists</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
in the chasm<br />
of this deep<br />
I drift<br />
into<br />
consciousness</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
you wandered far<br />
silent and white<br />
this winter</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwSPw2xsbLOXAh2GOS304nRx4UFpy-T7CVW0EEXBZGII1UcHSg4Yb_jiMK8MbYv2759Y9dO7WalES5tB47kYDWZtGfg0Jt9h55dRDu23_zPRmUdd93eIE9HM9Zm6CcSQ-AOmKYhF2rQ0/s1600/iPad+17-10-2014+242.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwSPw2xsbLOXAh2GOS304nRx4UFpy-T7CVW0EEXBZGII1UcHSg4Yb_jiMK8MbYv2759Y9dO7WalES5tB47kYDWZtGfg0Jt9h55dRDu23_zPRmUdd93eIE9HM9Zm6CcSQ-AOmKYhF2rQ0/s1600/iPad+17-10-2014+242.JPG" height="320" width="320" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
dim<br />
blue glow<br />
between clouds<br />
a fading<br />
of the moon</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
silence fell<br />
though a hole<br />
in the air</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
the child<br />
sat there<br />
waiting<br />
for the latch<br />
to lift</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
buried<br />
suns<br />
of long ago<br />
this space<br />
between our worlds</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
in her head<br />
rooms<br />
rearranging<br />
scattered<br />
shadows</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
wandering<br />
in and out<br />
of afternoons<br />
autumn's<br />
blue skies</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
crimson leaves<br />
softly<br />
falling<br />
on wings of paper<br />
she flew</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
***</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
as paint<br />
flakes off<br />
this red rust<br />
in a room<br />
of shadows</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
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whirl<br />
of time<br />
what is it<br />
I<br />
am supposed to remember</span></span>
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***</span></span>
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three<br />
wildflowers<br />
you gave me<br />
and the gentlest<br />
of kisses</span></span>
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***</span></span>
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at midnight<br />
the child with silent ears<br />
listening to the wind<br />
through her hair<br />
singing songs of the sea</span></span>
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***</span></span>
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gennepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04018211831385587676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639498863491125209.post-34618761066678221672014-07-10T21:58:00.001+01:002014-07-10T21:58:29.957+01:00micropoetry, haiku, tanka and poetry by gennepher<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">seashells</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">slipping through fingers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">these grains of sand</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">my last goodbyes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">as the sun sets</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">sorrow...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the night unfurled</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">in the small</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I could not name you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">she danced</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the light streams</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">dressed in white</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">intently she walks</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">a subtleness</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">a reason why</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">war-time</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">in the piano stool</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the deaf child</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">put her feet on both pedals</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">she played the piano keys</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">childhood's</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">long grass</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">cowboys and indians</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the years in between</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">when were they kind?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">netted</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">from the sea of sky</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this golden ball</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">patterns</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">swinging</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">in the trees</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">spirits</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of farewells</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">shadows</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of this blue light</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">those unreal years</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">shadows of children</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">these lanterns from forests</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">wraiths of farewells</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">spirits of farewells</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">their sea shelled blue </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">night</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">dancing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">in shadows of children</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">focusing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">my lens</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the hand of my eye</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">sleeping the stars</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">a gentle</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">fall of rain</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">waterfall green</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">flowing from your eyes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">those mossy rocks</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">green mists</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">while you sat on a rock</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the pool so still</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">tumbling</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">into waters deep</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">green mists of her breath</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">fluttering</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the branches of my head</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">wings of an owl</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">made from</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">rainbows dancing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">on the sea</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">my name</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I will never know</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">born</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of the homeless wave</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">in waters green</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">her plaintive song</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this darkness deep</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">walking</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the shore line</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">at midnight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">an infinity</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of star shells</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">candle</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">a lighthouse beam</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this night</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of soft</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">goodbyes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">catching</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the songs</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">as they escaped</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">she locked them</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">in her purse</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">tones</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of sepia</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">hidden away</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this locked room</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of my mind</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">in</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the hallucination</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of these stars</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">your</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">face</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">you smiled</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">and in my dreams</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I saw you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">hanging</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">in the air</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">our echoes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of future</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">goodbyes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">independence</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of my life</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I stumble</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the tide</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">comes in</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">waiting</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">for the tide to come in</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">a bucket and spade</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">solitude</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of days</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">she moves</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the calendar</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">into tomorrow</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">forever</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this season</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of goodbyes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">tomorrow</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">is only</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">another day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the nightingale</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">sings</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">love</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">in this lifetime</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">our</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">moss covered</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this paved path</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of gravestones</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I take care</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">not to tread</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">on the words</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">every day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this caged blue songbird</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">singing so prettily</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">one day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">its clockwork broke down</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">black & white</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this freedom</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of illusion</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">inside the box</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">concentric circles</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">a measuring tape</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of words</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">doomed to fail</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">leaping away</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">from deduction</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">doomed to fail</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">a measuring tape</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of words</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">leaping away</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">from deduction</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">false trail</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of words</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">you laid</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">these mists</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">on quicksands of hope</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">your words</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">these studious ants</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">carrying them away</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">one</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">by one</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">beneath</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">these evergreens</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">cold shadows</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">plantations</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of tidy diagonal rows</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">over chalk hills</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of Kent</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the Pilgrim's Way</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">wending its way</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">through dark pine needles</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">morning</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">moonlight's</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">secret</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">garden</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">so still</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">sky</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">so blue</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">all day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this weather vane</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">perfectly still</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">sitting</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">in the soft green light of the church</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">she watched the pews fill up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">then one by one</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">they all faded away</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">tummyache</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I threw the rest of the mince pies</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">on the garage roof</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">one two three four five ravens</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">a mince pie each flew back to the woods</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">five ravens</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">a mince pie each</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">fly back home</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">his hooded eyes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">sins of the past</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">hiding</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">carved in stone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">her countenance cries</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">inwardly</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">silence forever</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">her eyes</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">accuse</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">graffiti of silence</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">these ghosts</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of concrete</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">golden curls</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">framing</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">loneliness</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">loneliness</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this heart</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of stone</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">all the words</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">imprisoned</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">within</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">green ferns</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this silent rain</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">drip drip drip</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">drip</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">drip</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">drip</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">through the archway</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I catch a glimpse...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">is it you?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">raining</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">incessantly</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">all day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this well</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of tears</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">her shawl</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">gossamer light</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">she shines</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">looks at me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">then floats away</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">blank</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">canvases</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">in the garage</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">your paintings</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">unfinished</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">summer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I wear</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">winter gloves</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the steering wheel</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">burning my hands</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">early morning</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the garden swing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">swinging</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">mists of time</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this soft green glade</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">whispering</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">floating</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">down the river</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">her thoughts</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">never</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">to be seen again</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">in the mirror</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">your shadow</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">my outline</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">his fingers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">tracing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">all the words</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">he holds</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">within</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">haloed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">by the light of the moon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">wind echoes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">a little</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">ballerina's</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">dance of life</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">within</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this music box</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">outside the box</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">looking in</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I do not understand</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">pausing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">in the garden</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the music stopped</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">singing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">songs of the sea</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">water fairies</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the child on the sand</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">listens with her silent ears</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">here</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this summer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">we met</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">angel wings</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">enfold me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">your arms</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">enfolding me</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I disappear</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">no shadow</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">on the path</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">ever so gently</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">you held my head</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">kissing me</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">you enfold me</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">forever</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">everything</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">and nothingness</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this vast space</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">a sense</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of completeness</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">beyond</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the broken cage</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">a brief life</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the songbird</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">flies free</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the water nymph</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">weaving</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">her magic</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this deceptive</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">sheet of glass</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">weeping willow</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">her long forgotten mists</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this brief moment</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">fading</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">sepia</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this stillness of blue</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">a dragonfly</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">arches her back</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">soaring</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">flying high</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">to the light</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">wildly fluttering</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">a moth falls</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">these ties</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">that bind</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">one day must loosen</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">to find your freedom</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">you fly away</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">yet it is I that must stay</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">laughing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">you ask me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">if I want</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the bad news first</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">or the good news</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I smile at you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">knowing </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the answer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">pacing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">from room</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">to room</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">waiting</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">for tomorrow</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">happiness</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">to sadness</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">then joy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">once again</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this bittersweetness</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">secrets</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">in bewildered eyes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">locked</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">away</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">so deep inside</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I turned away</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">turned back again</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">you had gone</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I held you within</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">until we met again</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">silent ghosts</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">orbs of night’s sleep</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">lighting the way</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">no-one arrives</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">no-one leaves</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">early dawn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">between worlds</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">time</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this distance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">closing in</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">night</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">so quiet</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">these ghosts of trees</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">walking</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">my way home</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">these trickles</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of time</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">sand</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">between</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">her toes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">calling</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">her name</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the waves</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">whisper</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">into silent ears</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">mellowing</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of time</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">my thoughts</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this knowing</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">wonderful place</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the universe</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">a mystery</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of coincidences</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this summer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">on the mountain top</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">as the universe expanded</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">a melding</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">into oneness</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this summer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the sky was blue</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">two seagulls</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this summer</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">on the mountain top</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">earth and sky are one</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">unfolding</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">petal by petal</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this secret life</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">looking up</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">at this deep blue sky</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I smile</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">blue</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">skies</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this warmth</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">inside</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">eyes</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">so deep</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this universe</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the stars we fly</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">in orbs of light</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the story keeps rewriting itself</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">drystone walls</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">gates with chains</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">keeping residents within</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">these staggering</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">gravestones</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">a reason</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">to go away</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this dark burden</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">held</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">within</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">a place</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">buried</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the butterfly</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">a melancholy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this cocooned</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">dreaming</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the sleeper awakes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">just in time</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">to see those dreams</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">disappearing round the corner</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">these</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">arms of mine</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">so tired</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">weightless</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I fly</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">a</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">white feather</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">falling</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I hold</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">your hand</span></div>
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gennepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04018211831385587676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639498863491125209.post-30862464679462927562014-07-05T23:05:00.001+01:002014-07-05T23:05:37.853+01:00tanka, haiku and micropoetry by gennepher<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">fading away</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">these memories</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">daisies</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">as I sleep</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">an unseen hand</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">rewrites my story</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">a poem </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">of my life</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">soldiers</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">don't die of disease</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">your first words to me</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">soldiers</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">are killed in action</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">war</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">gravestones</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">crumbling away</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">two seagulls</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">sit and watch</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">falling</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">one by one</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">on the war grave</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">these cleansing tears</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">of raindrops</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">faded</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">with time</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">this creased photograph</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">the boy who smiled</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">my brother</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">paper</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">blue sky</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">folding</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">into</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">deep eyes of you</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">swaying</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">in the breeze</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">on this mountain top</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">you find my wings</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">up into blue skies I soar</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">ocean</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">of my soul</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">so deep</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I swim</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">into depths of you</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">in my pocket</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">a white feather</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">memories</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">the two seagulls</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">watching us</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">sea air</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I breathe in</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">watching</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">the deep</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">channelled ocean</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I cradle</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">this heart of yours</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">within</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">these untold</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">tales of ghosts</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">a knowing</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">of your thoughts</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">this whisper</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">unspoken</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">words</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">moss</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">covered names</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">hiding</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">a whisper</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">of you and I</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">falling</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">a white feather</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">disappears</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">into colours</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">of your rainbow</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">sea foam</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">takes flight</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">fluttering</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">butterflies</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">kiss my toes</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">in a brown</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">paper bag</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">the past</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I blow it up</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">and pop the bag</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">over</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">the waterfall</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">a wooden bridge</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">silent</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">footsteps</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">disappearing</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">round a corner</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">the past</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">exploding</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">into the night sky</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">stars</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">dandelion's</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">white moon</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">the silent child</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">she breathed in</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">the moon and stars</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">the child</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">she believed</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">God sat on clouds</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />in the drawer<br />she put love<br />fragranced<br />english<br />lavender<br /><br />***<br /><br />memory<br />a child<br />of piano keys<br />the room<br />in faded darkness<br /><br />***<br /><br />trains<br />echoing away<br />at sunset<br />the end of the line<br />night closes the door<br /> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />the blind child<br />learnt the sun<br />her smiling face<br />following its path<br />wild flowers swaying in the meadow<br /><br />***<br /><br />what was it I dreamt...<br />you opened<br />the door<br />I stepped into the light<br />of your darkness<br /><br />***<br /><br />whispering to me<br />sea and sand<br />salty dreams <br />a seashell<br />in the goldfish bowl<br /> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />singing<br />mournful songs<br />deep waters green<br />following tides<br />their blue of you<br /><br />***<br /><br />each breath<br />the blue sky<br />your freedom</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />when I stop the car<br />the dog looks expectantly<br />out of the window<br />eyes searching constantly<br />these last five years<br /><br />***<br /><br />her cloak<br />shimmers<br />unseen<br />she walks<br />among the crowd<br /><br />***<br /><br />under the hawthorn<br />the stream<br />unfolded<br />a still dark<br />blue pool<br /><br />***<br /><br />flowing<br />through<br />archways of dreams<br />she entered<br />the dimly lit tunnel every night</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />***<br /><br />all night<br />I wander<br />these caves<br />red sandstone walls<br />dreaming<br /><br />***<br /><br />millpond<br />so still and quiet<br />soft dawn mists<br />a kingfisher blue<br />darts past<br /><br />***<br /><br />looking down<br />into the still pool<br />transparent gauze of my soul<br />the ripples<br />over my head<br /> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />dusty window<br />curtains tied back<br />with cords<br />I pass through<br />to greyed mists beyond<br /><br />***<br /><br />no more<br />than<br />the skin of my dreams<br />these gauzed<br />net curtains<br /><br />***<br /><br />her eyes<br />closed and deep<br />wrinkled<br />blankets<br />of night<br /> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />the dog's ears prick up<br />looks round bewildered<br />her face puzzled<br />follows something<br />I cannot see<br /><br />***<br /><br />winter sun<br />reaches only<br />on the tree tops<br />fat tabby cat on a slender branch<br />sunning herself<br /><br />***<br /><br />shimmering <br />pale green mists<br />entrance to fairy land<br />nothing there<br />only a roundabout of modern cars<br /> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />across the face<br />of the full moon<br />two geese<br />silhouetted<br />in black calligraphy<br /><br />***<br /><br />in blue seas of night<br />moon opens up the clouds<br />a moonbeam<br />the road<br />to fairyland<br /> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />from pavements<br />and roofs<br />a shimmer of mists<br />golden light reveals<br />sun's alchemy of souls<br /><br />***<br /><br />row upon row<br />every one the same<br />houses in suburbia<br />different scenes<br />through every lit window<br /> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />upheavals<br />constant change<br />never healing<br />metamorphosis<br />a different name<br /> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />stardust<br />her playmates dancing<br />in silver edged clouds<br />a crescent moon<br />cradles a tiny star<br /><br />*** <br /><br />sweeping<br />across the sky<br />indigo cloak of night<br />pinned<br />by the evening star<br /><br />***<br /><br />trees<br />of<br />crystal<br />tinkling<br />windchimes</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />sparkling<br />gems<br />a jewelled necklace<br />the frost rimmed<br />leaf<br /><br />***<br /><br />slowly<br />drifting<br />one by one<br />raindrops<br />down the edge of the leaf<br /><br />***<br /><br />my eyes closed<br />in my mind<br />I see a keyboard<br />an unseen hand<br />types a poem for me<br /><br />***<br /><br />ocean of my soul<br />you come to me<br />as I sleep<br />I swim<br />into depths of you</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />tossing and turning<br />in bed<br />I open the window for fresh air<br />even the moon<br />has gone round the corner <br /><br />***<br /><br />a winter's day<br />from my bed<br />I watch raindrops<br />racing each other<br />down the window<br /><br />***<br /><br />peacock butterfly<br />fluttering<br />in the palm of my hand<br />tickling sensations<br />long after it had flown <br /><br />***<br /><br />translucent<br />sunlit leaves<br />parchment thin<br />I look<br />at her arms </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />during the funeral<br />he slipped his hand in mine<br />holds it tight<br />he whispers to me<br />she was your mother too<br /><br />***<br /><br />in her dreams<br />Hansel-and-Gretel like<br />she left a trail<br />when morning came she tried to return<br />but the crumbs had all gone <br /><br />***<br /><br />fading<br />away<br />in her memory<br />daisies in a pot<br />sitting on the garden chair <br /><br />***<br /><br />enfolding<br />this dark night<br />a bright white star<br />carefully she folds with precision<br />her origami skills <br /><br />***<br /><br />dreaming a dream<br />I look around<br />in empty streets<br />weeds growing through pavement cracks<br />even I am not there </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />ghost things<br />at the edge of the mirror<br />just out of the corner of your sight<br />turn your head<br />there is nothing there <br /><br />***</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">a movement<br />within<br />a family<br />drifts apart <br /><br />***<br /><br />memory<br />the stockpiling of <br />life's events<br />this scrapyard of cars<br />teeters precariously </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />in the pupil <br />of the eye<br />a vortex of dark green<br />above the pine trees<br />a crescent moon <br /><br />***<br /><br />cluttered room..<br />old fashioned<br />yellowed light bulb<br />casts a light<br />of cares worn away </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />echoes of her soul<br />crying in the wind<br />her doll-like face<br />ice-blue eyes<br />not blinking </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />in my dream<br />I saw you outside a cafe<br />I walked up to you<br />an empty table<br />you had gone <br /><br />***<br /><br />he slept<br />on park benches<br />when he returned from the war<br />a plastic carrier bag of newspapers<br />for his blankets <br /><br />***<br /><br />wandering<br />the seashore at midnight<br />the moonchild<br />in her hands<br />white echoes of you<br /><br />***</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">the terraced streets<br />I left behind as I walked home<br />each step<br />I took<br />time passed more more slowly <br /><br />***<br /><br />deeper and deeper<br />our steps in soft sand<br />my mother's face<br />grows<br />darker and darker </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />***<br /><br />snow white angel<br />her wings fluttering gently<br />a feather falls <br /><br />***<br /><br />her<br />soft feathers<br />fluttering<br />she seems<br />so far away <br /><br />***<br /><br />clumsily<br />from the water<br />a swan takes flight<br />upstream<br />a feather floats serenely<br /><br />***<br /><br />a magpie<br />tries every window then enters<br />a few moments later emerges triumphant<br />he leaves a feather<br />his calling card<br /><br />***<br /><br />a feather falls, folds into the colours of your rainbow<br /><br />***<br /><br />falling <br />from the cloud<br />a white feather<br />I put it<br />in my pocket<br /><br />***<br /><br />a gentle fluttering of wings<br />the stone angel<br />a white feather floats down<br /><br />***<br /><br />as if in a fairy tale<br />the stones remembered<br />the child<br />white feathered<br />angel wings of innocence<br /><br />***<br /><br />a brown<br />wooden box<br />a parting gift he gave her<br />a single<br />white feather<br /><br />***<br /><br />her eyes<br />soft as memories<br />feathering nests of time<br /><br />***<br /><br />whispering</span><br />
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I say my prayers<br />
a lullaby of hours<br />
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in the mirror<br />
a dreamscape<br />
of your day around me<br />
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a gate<br />
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keeping distance alive<br />
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daisy chain<br />
in that shallow stream<br />
her thoughts floating<br />
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rippling<br />
the silent lake<br />
a stone echoes<br />
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curtains of gauze<br />
my soul's longing<br />
what was it I saw?<br />
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cradling the crescent moon<br />
gently rocking her to sleep<br />
an old gnarled hawthorn<br />
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blue wedgewood china<br />
willow tree, bridge and stream<br />
a bird flies free<br />
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whispering my name<br />
in the gentle woods<br />
your quiet spirit<br />
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radiance<br />
she keeps her light<br />
within her dreams<br />
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conspiracy of silence<br />
together always<br />
old unmarked gravestone<br />
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looking glass sea<br />
sea of sky<br />
sky of sea<br />
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in the palm of her hand<br />
she caught it<br />
a falling star<br />
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in between<br />
bare winter trees<br />
scarlet dawn<br />
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blue clouds and sun, majestic white clouds ~ you slipped away as night turned into day<br />
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winter's frost, jewels of the morning sun<br />
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sea foam taking flight, fluttering white butterflies kiss my toes<br />
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carved on the bridge, our moss covered names<br />
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midnight's moon, her lace shawl so still<br />
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I breathe in sea air as I gather empty seashells<br />
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sunset<br />
trembling on the horizon<br />
cards clouds of dusk<br />
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fat tabby cat<br />
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yellow flower<br />
all winter<br />
waiting for a butterfly<br />
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for the entire funeral<br />
the only time<br />
he held my hand<br />
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a white horse rears<br />
hooves pawing<br />
snow covered ivy<br />
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fog, just I and my car surrounded by a blanket of white<br />
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wind chimes chiming<br />
fat tabby cat opens her eyes<br />
glares hard<br />
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I go to bed to sleep<br />
but sleep eludes<br />
wanders somewhere else<br />
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a dandelion<br />
explodes stars<br />
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wright's coal tar soap<br />
my father scrubs me<br />
behind the ears<br />
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I drive past a field<br />
shrouded in mists<br />
just for one moment I see a unicorn<br />
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a pavement puddle<br />
more blue<br />
than the sky<br />
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unblinking<br />
between slender stems of grass<br />
a frog's eye<br />
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snaking across the moors<br />
in sunlight<br />
an old tarmac road<br />
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as clouds<br />
race across the pond<br />
a frog sits perfectly still<br />
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rain and wind<br />
rattle my window panes<br />
dog and I disappear under my bedcovers<br />
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raindrops<br />
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midnight rain<br />
mannequins<br />
dry behind the glass<br />
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the silent child<br />
she breathed in<br />
the moon and stars<br />
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I open the front door<br />
a heavy blanket of fog<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />strokes of midnight<br />painting trees<br />a silvery moonlight<br /><br />***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">a sparrow<br />lands on buddha's head<br />dandelion clocks<br /><br />***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">swallowing the dark of night<br />language of ravens<br />two hearts outside of time<br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />green sea water in her eyes<br />her sigh of longing<br />overflowing<br />a thousand horses<br />race the wet sands<br /><br />***<br /><br />drops<br />of dew<br />ethereal necklace <br /><br />***<br /><br />whirling<br />in the wind<br />my mind and yours<br /><br />***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />singing her children's lullaby<br />evening star<br />gathering this enchanted night<br /><br />***<br /><br />sun, moon and stars<br />the milky way<br />her winding road of infinity<br /><br />***<br /><br />twilight's silent peace<br />this path alone I walked<br />a raven flew<br /><br />***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />at the sea shore's edge<br />salty goodbyes<br />grains of sand<br /><br />***<br /><br />deep in the forest<br />pan's pipes playing<br />your shallow breathing <br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">clouds drifting<br />across the clear blue sky<br />castles up on high<br /><br />***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">a beacon searches<br /><br />***<br /><br />making wishes upon stars <br />here I am<br />looking out of the window<br /><br />***<br /><br />stars danc<span style="font-size: large;">ing</span> in the sky<br />a symphony<span style="font-size: large;"> of shades of white</span><br />full moon rises<br /><br />*** <br /><br />night's raven wings enfolded</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">the </span>moon's fullness<br /><br />***<br /><br />silent moonshadow<br />above the mountain<br />I watch your name<br /><br />***<br /><br />stars gather<br />moon rises high</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">standing still <span style="font-size: large;">I</span> wait<br /><br />***<br /><br />lighting my path<br />the moon<br />shows me the way home<br /><br />***<br /><br />face of the moon<br />looking in my window<br />I turn over in my sleep<br /><br />***<br /><br />stars of my soul<br />light the milky way<br />I see you in my dreams<br /><br />***<br /><br />I sit on my swing<br />with my blanket and thermos<br />waiting for stars<br />my dog barks<br />I look up<br /><br />***<br /><br />the sound of frogs<br />hibernating<br />frosty stars<br /><br />***<br /><br />lapping water in the frog pond<br />the cat<br />sips stars<br /><br />***<br /><br />standing on the seashore<br />I look up at the inky sky<br />only the moon<br /><br />***<br /><br />on the island<br />a ceiling of stars<br />I pull my blanket up tighter<br /><br />***<br /><br />in the water barrel<br />captive<br />moon and stars<br /><br />***<br /><br />winter winds blowing hard<br />tree branches stretching further and further<br />catch a falling star<br /><br />***<br /><br />a falling star<br />the child<br />looked everywhere<br />she stares in wonder<br />in the water barrel<br /><br />***<br /><br />stars<br />softly singing<br />their songs of childhood<br /><br />***<br /><br />guiding you<br />though dark liquid night<br />a solitary star<br /><br />***<br /><br />I watch the moon<br />stealthily peek<br />in every window in my bungalow<br />when I peer out<br />she ducks below the horizon<br /><br />***<br /><br />the child watched<br />the moon get up<br />and sometimes<br />the moon<br />never went back to bed<br /><br />***<br /><br />shivering<br />in the icy blue night<br />stars<br /><br />***<br /><br />swirling through the sky<br />night wind<br />scattering stars<br /><br />***<br /><br />webs of shadows<br />softly spun<br />I wander through empty rooms<br /><br />***<br /><br />outside in the frost<br />scatterings <br />of tiny perfect stars<br /><br />***<br /><br />fragile scents of flowers<br />secrets<br />for you and I<br /><br />***<br /><br />daughter of the sea<br />your salty tears are done<br />and skin turns to parchment dry<br />seven years seven long past<br />time for your return<br /><br />***<br /><br />first star of evening<br />my upturned face<br />a bat veers past<br /><br />***<br /><br />the child<br />dug holes in the sand<br />empty holes<br />she watched while they filled<br />to the brim with sea<br /><br />***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />sitting on the sea bed<br />she clutched a sea shell<br />hard rippled sand<br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />a child of nowhere<br />her heart left beneath the sea<br />foam on the seashore<br /><br />***<br /><br />her salty goodbyes<br />the girl with the sea-green eyes<br />dark hair flowing in the wind<br /> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />necklace of shells<br />kept her memories<br />from floating away<br /><br />***<br /><br />cascading between the waves<br />the song<br />of the sea<br /><br />***</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />echoes rippling out<br />one day you will return home<br />daughter of the sea<br /><br />***<br /><br />I don't know you yet<br />you loved me so much<br />I dance barefoot on the wet sands<br /><br />***<br /><br />the sea will lift me<br />all these years<br />a mermaid's song<br /><br />***<br /><br />silently she weeps<br />beneath the sea<br />mermaid's tears of sorrow<br /><br />***</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />whispering in her dreams<br />the unborn music of her soul<br />she swam in its deeper depths<br /><br />***<br /><br />salty silences <br />of the sea<br />lyrics of sunken secrets</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />***<br /><br />standing by water's edge<br />breeze rippling her cloak<br />she gazed out to sea<br /><br />***<br /><br />along the shore<br />sea shells whispered<br />she listened<br /><br />***</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />mistiness of dawn<br />across aeons of time<br />the morning we met<br /><br />***<br /><br />sea-green mistiness<br />dreaming imagined islands<br />the reality of you<br /><br />***<br /><br />in a turbulent sea of blue<br />words flowing<br />a fountain pen<br /><br />***<br /><br />blowing out to sea<br />on tips of waves<br />your words<br />I stand and watch<br />foam tickles my feet<br /><br />***<br /><br />words floating<br />in the ethereal ocean of love<br />calligraphic script<br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />I look into the rock pool<br />your reflection smiled back at me<br />ghosts of my heart<br /><br />***<br /><br />an oceanic telling<br />her silken soul<br />adrift<br /><br />***<br /><br />written in the sand<br />her whispered name long ago<br />the sea stole it back</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />unearthly melody<br />sea shells dreaming<br />far deeper within<br /><br />***<br /><br />lonely depths<br />sea-green veils<br />momentarily embracing<br /><br />***<br /><br />her eyes shimmering<br />an oceanic world<br />of sea-green blue<br /><br />***<br /><br />from over the sea<br />mists<br />rolling in<br />on the island<br />just you and me<br /><br />***</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />on the seashore<br />we watched skies of inky darkness<br />and dustings of starlight<br />waves lapped<br />over our feet<br /><br />***<br /><br />footsteps<br />yours and mine<br />washed away by the tide<br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />dawn's sea mists<br />shape shifting<br />into thoughts of you<br /><br />***<br /><br />that blue moonlit night<br />bright<br />as day<br />I remember our walk<br />along the water's edge<br /><br />***<br /><br />at dawn I see you<br />white horses foaming<br />where sea meets the shore<br /> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />your footsteps in the sand<br />winter sea<br />stole them away<br />a salty tear<br />rolls down my cheek<br /><br />***<br /><br />pale pink moon<br />floating<br />at sunset<br />boat of eternity<br />on the misted horizon<br /><br />***<br /><br />indigo watercolour painting<br />she scattered sea salt<br />whilst wet<br />snowflake tears<br />of deep sorrow<br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />silently the illusion<br />sea faring mists<br />faded the island<br /> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />along the sand<br />your diminishing footsteps<br />nothing remains<br /><br />***<br /><br />inky black sea<br />full moon's reflection<br />unfathomable depths<br /><br />***<br /><br />sorrow<br />deep sea-green<br />her eyes<br /><br />***<br /><br />saltiness lingers<br />a long way from home<br />seashells in a glass bowl<br /><br />***<br /><br />around her neck<br />a bone carving<br />of a sea horse<br /><br />***</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />slowly her mind sank<br />to that sea bed long ago<br />water's inner peace<br /><br />***<br /><br />floating<br />in the illusion of water<br />meditation<br /><br />***<br /><br />there are no words for me<br />just dawn sea mists<br />where the island meets the sea<br /><br />***<br /><br />a cream silk wedding dress<br />barefoot on the sand<br />I dance for your unseeing eyes<br /><br />***<br /><br />she finished the painting<br />took off her shoes and stepped in<br />sea foam tickled her toes<br /><br />***</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />arching towards the sky<br />frisky foam along water's edge<br />a white stallion rears<br /><br />***<br /><br />gossamer horse<br />racing the seashore<br />night shimmers<br /><br />***</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />seashells<br />singing<br />songs of forgetfulness<br />she wandered alone<br />barefoot on the sand<br /><br />***<br /><br />white waves<br />wind whips the foam and touches her back<br />she turns and sees nothing<br /><br />***<br /><br />no one there<br />just a wave<br />coming and leaving<br /><br />***</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />opening the book<br />the red poppy lifted itself from white paper<br />red petals cascading out<br /><br />***<br /><br />the page empty<br />a jumble of letters<br />in a heap at the bottom of the page<br />thought<br />scribbles<br /><br /><br />***<br /><br />the faded diary fell open<br />old fashioned cursive writing<br />came alive<br />carried on<br />writing...<br /><br />***<br /><br />softly and gently<br />unseen on the yellowed pages<br />came the song<br /><br />***<br /><br />there were no choices except sideways<br />the paper unfolded<br />and refolded again<br /><br />***<br /><br />in a brown wooden box<br />the parting gift he gave her<br />an origami sea shell<br /><br />***<br /><br />origami stars in glass bowl<br />caught from a night of wonder<br />indigo night sky<br /><br />***<br /><br />doorway into the painting opened<br />a room of canvas<br />within canvas<br />echoes<br />of paint<br /><br />***<br /><br />from the spine of the book<br />copperplate writing spilled out<br />and wrote on the walls<br />ledgers<br />of the past<br /><br />***<br /><br />whispering<br />in libraries of the mind<br />unborn words<br />waiting<br />to be written<br /><br />***<br /><br />morning star sings her prayer<br />from the songsheet of fading stars<br />dawn's gentle hour<br /><br />***<br /><br />sunset<br />blazing<br />her last few moments<br />a crystal dances around the walls<br />the intensest of blue-greens<br /><br />***<br /><br />the blank white page<br />of innocence<br />now grubby on the corners<br />thoughts lingering for so long<br />after the event <br /><br />***<br /><br />amidst a river of calligraphy<br />a roaring waterfall<br />the page blank<br /><br />***<br /><br />she sung her lullaby<br />but<br />no-one heard it<br />for the music<br />was never written<br /><br />***<br /><br />the sketch book<br />turned its own pages<br />swiftly<br />flowing<br />watercolour brushstrokes<br /><br />*** <br /><br />the bookcase empty<br />except for old photograph<br />used as a bookmark<br />a black and white<br />irish castle in the mists<br /><br />***<br /><br />brown luggage label<br />a bookmark<br />poignant memory <br /><br />***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />the skull watched and waited<br /><br />***<br /><br />death waited, he shook his head<br /><br />***<br /><br />sitting in the same room like bookends,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">no book worth reading between them <br /><br />***<br /><br />the seeds of doubt sown <br /><br />***<br /><br />the names changed, they whispered back<br /><br />***<br /><br />trembling into ocean’s depths, spangled stars <br /><br />***<br /><br />full moon, white bindweed stars<br /><br />***<br /><br />he grunted in that way of his<br />pretending<br />he had never been asleep in the first place<br /><br />***<br /><br />veils of dreams, each covering the other<br /><br />***<br /><br />the church roof, fish scales by moonlight<br /><br />***<br /><br />from the top of the abandoned air raid shelter</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">the child picked dandelions<br /><br />***<br /><br />the story went round and round in her mind<br />until<br />it became the backdrop of her thoughts <br /><br />***<br /><br />lost in a place between places<br /><br />***<br /><br />when age confused him, his tongue meandered<br /><br />***<br /><br />there is no ending, just forever<br /><br />***<br /><br />the music long forgotten began to play, just a whisper<br /><br />***<br /><br />her imagination, it kept her sane<br /><br />***<br /><br />all the stories were carried inside of her<br /><br />***<br /><br />tears kept wanting to leak out of her eyes <br />one day the child realised<br />this was sadness<br /><br />***<br /><br />their names were part of the music<br /><br />***<br /><br />a unique tapestry, potpourri of ideas <br /><br />***<br /><br />out of a forked tree branch, the moon catapults slowly<br /><br />***<br /><br />memories corked in the bottle, but the scent was too strong<br /><br />***<br /><br />stars in the night sky, clustered daisies on the lawn<br /><br />***<br /><br />she was about to say something<br />but then it went back<br />to that place of unsaid words<br /><br />***<br /><br />there was a place</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">in between places<br />it was there she found her mind<br /><br />***<br /><br />she’d hidden the words,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">not wanting anyone else to read them<br /><br />***<br /><br />a piece of paper tossed to and fro by the wind,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">the further away I get<br /><br />***<br /><br />among the wartime graves the child ran<br />her arms outstretched<br />as free as a bird<br /><br />***<br /><br />it never really lets you go, the past<br /><br />***<br /><br />I gaze out to sea, seeing what I can not<br /><br />***<br /><br />for just a moment it entered her heart<br />then she tied it up with a ribbon<br />and put it away<br /><br />***<br /><br />the writing is in the flowers<br />soft lemony flowers<br />a note <br /><br />***<br /><br />no one cared only the tree who wept silently<br /><br />***<br /><br />she escaped time and time again, but she always escaped<br /><br />***<br /><br />softly and gently<br />unseen<br />comes the song<br /><br />***<br /><br />the washing blew off the line<br />found its wings<br />and flew gracefully away<br /><br />***<br /><br />inky midnight skies<br />her cloak of ethereal stars<br />moon sweeps 'cross the sky<br /><br />***<br /><br />the sense of loss as magic disappeared, retreating deep within the woods...<br /><br />***<br /><br />along the sand<br />your diminishing footsteps<br />nothing remains<br /><br />***<br /><br />it was only life she had to live for<br /><br />***</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />the hour before dawn<br />a still point<br />in a turning world<br /><br />***<br /><br />library reading rooms<br />empty at night<br />enchanted forest<br /><br />***<br /><br />the child<br />lived to the tick<br />of a different clock<br /><br />***<br /><br />old<br />sepia photograph<br />drained of life<br /><br />***<br /><br />ivy cloaked statues<br />waiting<br />patiently<br /><br />***<br /><br />your foot steps and mine<br />just my footprints in the sand<br />your warmth besides me<br /><br />***<br /><br />so many names, so many layers<br /><br />***<br /><br />whispering her name, the wind<br /><br />***<br /><br />she lived<br />as a ghost<br />nothing connected<br /><br />***<br /><br />heard within poetry, silence<br /><br />***<br /><br />she saw<br />with different eyes<br />remembered<br /><br />***<br /><br />in her cloak of blue<br />she melted<br />into the bluebell woods<br /><br />***<br /><br />globe<br />of the world<br />a pencil sharpener inside<br /><br />***<br /><br />tree branches<br />holding stars<br />up in the sky<br /><br />***<br /><br />haloes<br />in the mists<br />street lamps<br /><br />***<br /><br />the spitfire<br />dusty in the museum<br />yet echoes remained<br /><br />***<br /><br />night sky<br />dark blue velvet<br />quilted with glittering stars<br /><br />***<br /><br />intrusive moon<br />all night<br />peaks through the curtains<br /><br />***<br /><br />where does thought end, she wondered<br /><br />***</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />even death<br />does not release<br />promises made<br /><br />***<br /><br />black raven<br />cawing<br />prayers <br /><br />***<br /><br />they called him shiftless<br />but<br />he was merely shifted <br /><br />***<br /><br />a black tear<br />falling from the sky<br />raven<br /><br />***<br /><br />old road ends<br />untrodden path begins<br />the fool leaps<br /><br />***<br /><br />with every stitch<br />she carefully placed<br />a thought<br />finally<br />the hand made doll was ready<br /><br />***<br /><br />time<br />got the better<br />of her<br />she always<br />arrived late<br /><br />***<br /><br />words</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">insect snared in spider's web<br /><br />***<br /><br />mist separating her<br />from herself<br />sometimes it cleared<br /><br />***<br /><br />the telegram came<br />vitriol and poison<br />seared in every word<br /><br />***<br /><br />the children<br />two leaves dancing<br />caught in the breeze<br /><br />***<br /><br />bereft<br />lost<br />searching<br /><br />***<br /><br />one by one<br />they faded away<br />she was heartbroken<br /><br />***<br /><br />interconnecting links<br />broken<br />one by one<br /><br />***<br /><br />from the beginning<br />death<br />arose<br /><br />***<br /><br />lying in the snow<br />weeping <br />black rose<br /><br />***<br /><br />soul less windows<br />buildings gazed<br />unseeingly<br /><br />***<br /><br />transitory wanderer<br />homeless<br />between worlds<br /><br />***<br /><br />echoing silently<br />the whisper<br />died<br /><br />***<br /><br />holding hands<br />they kept the shadows<br />from each other<br /><br />***<br /><br />utterly still<br />single crow<br />on a blackened tree<br /><br />***<br /><br />the shadow<br />gone for awhile<br />waited to come back<br /><br />***<br /><br />cradling<br />diamond bright stars<br />tree branches<br /><br />***<br /><br />beautiful flower<br />seldom lifted her petals<br />thought she was ugly<br /><br />***<br /><br />she wondered<br />where<br />does thought end?<br /><br />***<br /><br />flying as one<br />wing tip to wing tip<br />two ravens<br /><br />***<br /><br />stories<br />getting lost<br />in the telling <br /><br />***<br /><br />on the far side of parting<br />loneliness<br />accompanies<br /><br />***<br /><br />dark mantle of night<br />threadbare<br />pinholes of light<br /><br />***<br /><br />writing<br />in the sky<br />untidy flock of starlings<br /><br />***</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />the fog grew thicker<br />sinister mythical beasts<br />the misshapen trees<br /><br />*** <br /><br />I don't think I exist, my other half is vacant<br /><br />***<br /><br />one by one they slipped away into the darkness<br /><br />***<br /><br />the silence was really strange<br /><br />***<br /><br />fluid and interlocking, green three-dimensional shapes<br /><br />***<br /><br />a waterfall of purple pain, dissonance<br /><br />***<br /><br />grated bones, shrieking<br /><br />***<br /><br />it is not mine ~ it is not me ~ electric blue tangled ribbon<br /><br />***<br /><br />onion skin layers ~ peeling off ~ one by one<br /><br />***<br /><br />curly silences, the air is still<br /><br />***<br /><br />the shadow strode confidently in the light<br /><br />***<br /><br />plaster of paris body, a burning inferno inside<br /><br />***<br /><br />luminescent green, searing and burning<br /><br />***<br /><br />her hand reached into a space that wasn't there<br /><br />***<br /><br />the wreath by the grave<br />it told a story<br />no-one knew<br /><br />***<br /><br />they faded away ~ one by one ~ only one remained<br /><br />***<br /><br />death arose from the beginning<br /><br />***<br /><br />no time no place<br />everywhere is nowhere<br />nowhere is everywhere<br /><br />***<br /><br />a blood stained parcel arrived<br />grandma<br />posted us a chicken<br /><br />***<br /><br />evil stepmother<br />always picked spring's first snowdrops <br />death stalked her life<br /><br />***<br /><br />scraps of blackened paper circling the bonfire, three crows<br /><br />***<br /><br />a shard of glass in the heart, bleeding it dry<br /><br />***<br /><br />the whisper died, echoing silently<br /><br />***<br /><br />looming out of the fog<br />twisted shadows<br />ivy covered oaks<br /><br />***<br /><br />utterly still<br />on a blackened tree<br />a single crow<br /><br />***<br /><br />her mixed up bag of character traits, she was still searching for <br />her unused ones<br /><br />***<br /><br />her head disconnected<br />fragments<br />jigsaw puzzle incomplete<br /><br />***<br /><br />she felt strangely detached from her body, almost at peace<br /><br />***<br /><br />drown the rivers, they'll remain silent<br /><br />***<br /><br />invisible she wandered among them<br /><br />***<br /><br />eternally burning<br />rain beating on the eyes of the soul<br />darkness forever<br /><br />***<br /><br />she waited forever, and then she died<br /><br />***<br /><br />the child returned to her grave, her bed<br /><br />***<br /><br />she lived as a ghost, nothing connected<br /><br />***<br /><br />no-one saw her leave<br />she stepped sideways<br />became time itself</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>This post was composed and written in my garden today...an Indian Summer of a day...soporific and leisurely...thoughts and pictures and videos of memories flooding into my head...as the day progressed....and my mind wanders inside itself and then around my garden...I have not had the chance to have a whole day doing something like this for awhile...life can get in the way...but not today...except I did have to come in to feed my tummy and the battery of my netbook...</i><br /><br />***<br /><br />bindweed<br />holding fast<br />autumn's dying flowers<br /><br />***<br /><br />autumn hedgerows<br />blackberries<br />starlings feasting<br /><br />***<br /><br />blackberries <br />simmering in the pan<br />delicious juice<br /><br />***<br /><br />green tomatoes<br />ripening<br />on the window ledge<br /><br />***<br /><br />autumn leaves<br />dancing in the breeze<br />tabby cat stretching<br /><br />***<br /><br />last green apple on the tree<br />wasps feasting<br />dessert<br /><br />***<br /><br />hornets<br />investigating<br />inside spines of my art books<br /><br />***<br /><br />lavender<br />a single bee<br />investigating every flower<br /><br />***<br /><br />soporific cat falls off my lap<br />my netbook sliding too<br />I wake up<br /><br />***<br /><br />michaelmas daisies<br />butterflies<br />revelling in the sun<br /><br />***<br /><br />dog heaves a big sigh<br />places her head<br />across my legs<br /><br />***<br /><br />oak trees in my garden<br />haunting echos<br />of their shipbuilding past<br /><br />***<br /><br />wasps<br />darting<br />to and fro<br /><br />***<br /><br />darting movements<br />among willow branches<br />leaves falling<br /><br />***<br /><br />great tit<br />hopping sideways<br />up willow branches<br /><br />***<br /><br />ripening<br />clusters<br />blackberries<br /><br />***<br /><br />last red apple<br />bobbing up and down in frog pond<br />a green frog's head pops up...<br /><br />***<br /><br />virginia creeper<br />trailing fronds of crimson<br />cottage's winter shawl<br /><br />***<br /><br />dew embroidered<br />silken cobwebs<br />intricate lacework<br /><br />***<br /><br />russet<br />bracken<br />a fox's tail<br /><br />***<br /><br />hawthorn berries<br />misty evening<br />fairy lanterns<br /><br />***<br /><br />dawn<br />tranquil lake<br />perfect mirror<br /><br />***<br /><br />weeping willow<br />sighing wind<br />rust yellow leaves fall<br /><br />***<br /><br />silver birch<br />shining gold robes of glory<br />setting sun<br /><br />***<br /><br />honeysuckle<br />fragrant scent<br />evening's glow<br /><br />***<br /><br />mouse<br />scurrying across road<br />leaf in gutter<br /><br />***<br /><br />autumn leaves<br />in corner of garden<br />worm sanctuary<br /><br />***<br /><br />willow<br />sweeping my path<br />I put the garden cutters away<br /><br />***<br /><br />autumn evening<br />willow paints the night sky<br />vibrant colours<br /><br />***<br /><br />swans drifting<br />on the lake<br />autumn clouds<br /><br />***<br /><br />autumn evening<br />inflamed sky<br />mosquitoes biting<br /><br />***<br /><br />abundance of red berries<br />blackbirds<br />eat carelessly<br /><br />***<br /><br />burnt copper orange leaves<br />oak tree<br />standing tall<br /><br />***<br /><br />a knock on my door<br />one autumn evening<br />trees shedding leaves<br /><br />***<br /><br />wind<br />rustling the leaves<br />front gate swings<br /><br />***<br /><br />crimson leaves<br />scattered<br />the wind taking them<br /><br />***<br /><br />autumn moon <br />absent tonight<br />diamond bright stars<br /><br />***<br /><br />since you left<br />fallen leaves<br />only willow sweeping<br /><br />***<br /><br />a charcoal sketch<br />willow burning<br />charcoal sticks<br /><br />***<br /><br />autumn winds blow<br />leaves falling to the ground<br />compost<br /><br />***<br /><br />one autumn evening<br />a moth fluttered<br />outside the window<br /><br />***<br /><br />I sit on my wooden swing<br />netbook perched on dog's back<br />writing poetry in autumn<br /><br />***<br /><br />autumn<br />willow<br />waving off its leaves<br /><br />***<br /><br />brittle<br />autumn leaves<br />a skeleton remains<br /><br />***<br /><br />autumn winds<br />carrying my thoughts<br />my words<br /><br />***<br /><br />my shadow hides<br />with the dark<br />of autumn's moon<br /><br />***<br /><br />buddha<br />meditates<br />on an autumn leaf<br /><br />***<br /><br />a leaf falls<br />then another<br />and another<br /><br />***<br /><br />with each passing day<br />willow losing<br />the bristles of her painting brush<br /><br />***<br /><br />moon in wooden water butt<br />boat sailing across<br />a curled brown leaf<br /><br />***<br /><br />crimson carpet</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">autumn maple leaves<br />path of fire<br /><br />***<br /><br />cool silent autumn night<br />dawn broke<br />crimson sky<br /><br />***<br /><br />autumn moon<br />travels the sky<br />just like any other moon<br /><br />***<br /><br />colours of autumn leaves<br />varied as words from a poet's pen<br />leaves of words<br /><br />***<br /><br />evergreen tree watches<br />as all the other leaves fall<br />one by one<br /><br />***<br /><br />the voice of autumn<br />speaking in a multitude of colours<br />and actions<br /><br />***<br /><br />as I sit here in the garden<br />writing autumn poetry<br />my dog cleans the spaces in between my toes<br /><br />***<br /><br />insanity<br />the summer mother<br />who gave up her child in autumn<br /><br />***<br /><br />her journey of life<br />autumn coming round each year<br />the calender already marked<br /><br />***<br /><br />some leaves<br />falling too fast<br />branches prematurely bare<br /><br />***<br /><br />a sepia photograph<br />your smiling face no more<br />continues smiling at me<br /><br />***<br /><br />no autumn clouds today<br />only a sea<br />of forget-me-not blue<br /><br />***<br /><br />sun journeying<br />westwards<br />all day long<br /><br />***<br /><br />I close my eyes<br />journeying eastwards<br />for a moment I return to source<br /><br />***<br /><br />I was born<br />and one day I will die<br />but not this autumn<br /><br />***<br /><br />it is noon<br />this splendid autumn day<br />my tummy rumbles and my netbook needs recharging too<br /><br />***<br /><br /><i>I made the 'throw everything in' cupcakes...they smell good...now have a fresh flask of tea...netbook 97% recharged...that might be enough...so now a leisurely afternoon eating cupcakes, drinking tea and writing...</i><br /><br />***<br /><br />no leisurely eating of cupcakes<br />dog and I gobble them up<br />marauding wasps<br /><br />***<br /><br />dog rests her nose on my netbook<br />looks into my eyes<br />I don't have a clue what to write...<br /><br />***<br /><br />bird bath half in shadow<br />autumn washing<br />sparrows<br /><br />***<br /><br />japanese lantern<br />disused<br />a snail explores inside<br /><br />***<br /><br />leaves in my garden<br />never swept<br />I watch them dance<br /><br />***<br /><br />a hoverfly<br />studies me<br />then darts away<br /><br />***<br /><br />hovering<br />in the thermals<br />buzzards<br /><br />***<br /><br />cats <br />hidden in the undergrowth<br />autumn sun peeking through<br /><br />***<br /><br />I rowed round and round the lake<br />red autumn leaves<br />rising with the water level in the wooden boat<br /><br />***<br /><br />a hornet<br />comes to share my swing<br />I brush him away with my netbook<br /><br />***<br /><br />wasps and hornets<br />my mind<br />not quite into poetry<br /><br />***<br /><br />the soporificness<br />of this autumn morning<br />vanished<br /><br />***<br /><br />my mind fragmented<br />reassembling cut out pictures<br />wasps eating my raspberries<br /><br />***<br /><br />behind the forget-me-not blue sky<br />diamond bright stars<br />waiting for indigo's night<br /><br />***<br /><br />warm dry autumn breeze<br />I use my eye drops<br />oh for the coolness of evening<br /><br />***<br /><br />buddha sits<br />as always<br />an ant carries a leaf<br /><br />***<br /><br />I have just dozed off again<br />my netbook sliding off my lap<br />I'll go and get some cushions for the concrete ground...<br /><br />***<br /><br />east winds blowing gently<br />honeysuckle<br />fragrance<br /><br />***<br /><br />a stream<br />my autumn coloured jacket<br />I walked across the stepping stones<br /><br />***<br /><br />a bee heavily laden with pollen<br />I remember<br />and then I forget<br /><br />***<br /><br />sun moving <br />further westwards<br />garden in shadow<br /><br />***<br /><br />watering cans<br />red, green, yellow and orange<br />and a grey/white metal one<br /><br />***<br /><br />abandoned<br />spider web<br />crimson maple leaf<br /><br />***<br /><br />falling leaves<br />nature's<br />abundance<br /><br />***<br /><br />dry stalks<br />waving in the wind<br />their seeds released<br /><br />***<br /><br />my eyelids heavy<br />I put my netbook to one side<br />dog and I sleeping<br /><br />***</span></div>
<br />gennepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04018211831385587676noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639498863491125209.post-55813577575822116092011-08-18T23:16:00.002+01:002014-03-04T13:53:59.484+00:00haiku and poetry by gennepher<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />the child danced <br />a song without words<br />wind laughed playfully</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />***<br /><br />happily all day<br />child traced patterns with a stick<br />on dry sandy soil </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />***<br /><br />a pirate<br />sailing the seven seas<br />child on upturned dining table</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />***<br /><br />the child's parents<br />did not believe in prayer<br />but the child prayed anyway</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />***<br /><br />running barefoot along the sand<br />the child stopped and turned<br />she watched her footprints fill with water</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />***<br /><br />grandma said grace<br />the child eyed her dinner<br />getting cold</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />***<br /><br />tears kept wanting to leak out of her eyes<br />the child never realized<br />this was sadness</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />***<br /><br />the child's doll<br />her mama box silent<br />after having a bath...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />***<br /><br />"Well I never"<br />the little girl said<br />to her broken doll</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />***<br /><br />in her mind<br />were all the books<br />the child could ever read</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***<br /><br />hands pressed against the attic window<br />the child watched the slow Lancaster bombers <br />thundering over in the dark night sky</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />***<br /><br />the little girl<br />always wanted<br />a big red plastic train engine</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />***<br /><br />in amazement </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">child watched monsters striding across wheat fields<br />electric pylons</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />***<br /><br />the child always knew<br />she belonged to nature<br />and to the sea</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />***<br /><br />standing by the stream<br />out of time<br />child and her brother</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />***<br /><br />a summer's day<br />time stretched<br />for the child</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />***<br /><br />the child and her brother<br />danced like two leaves<br />until the breeze caught him</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />***<br /><br />she talked to the tramp<br />but the child found out<br />he was a war veteran who’d lost everything</span><br />
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<br />gennepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04018211831385587676noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639498863491125209.post-33968378358333069462011-06-05T19:37:00.000+01:002014-03-04T13:51:08.005+00:00haiku and tanka by gennepher<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">the carpet</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">green</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">with sea bed colours</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">she dived in</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">swam away</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">ambling </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">along</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">water’s edge </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">she sang a song</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">without words</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">sea listened</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to her song </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">without words</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sea spray</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">danced playfully</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sea foam</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">between</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">her toes</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a memory</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sea shells</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">gazing seawards</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">she could almost see</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the peace</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">she felt</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">from long ago</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">a water memory</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">seeping all around where sound </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">was felt and not heard</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">running</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">barefoot</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">along the sand</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">she turned</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">watched her footprints fill with water</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the sea becalmed</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a reflection more real</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">than the real thing</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">the bottle</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">with the note in it</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">finally reached the sea shore intact</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">no-one saw it</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">no-one picked it up</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">a seagull flying</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">one wing catching</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the setting sun</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">tears kept wanting</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to leak out of her eyes</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">was this the sea? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">corked in the bottle</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">her memories of long ago</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">scent of deep ocean</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJaW6EUoQOWa9Ux8Xma9aYzEVC6PKoBPFhd2ZAKSTfbK87X1I2NW1dBGDZP0iFqbnqKFsopbGmwfW6BqLqLb9QJzCrcW4nlb7Y5ouzoFUfvZDFq0FFV_NXZ7h-odM9M-Tm7P1HowhpPY/s1600/3+sea.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJaW6EUoQOWa9Ux8Xma9aYzEVC6PKoBPFhd2ZAKSTfbK87X1I2NW1dBGDZP0iFqbnqKFsopbGmwfW6BqLqLb9QJzCrcW4nlb7Y5ouzoFUfvZDFq0FFV_NXZ7h-odM9M-Tm7P1HowhpPY/s400/3+sea.jpg" height="263" width="400" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I gaze out to sea</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">seeing what I cannot</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">feeling all around</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">she always belonged</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to nature and to the sea</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">waited to come home</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the dawn was breaking</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">wind gently lifting her hair</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">she dived in the sea</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">oceanic</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">depths</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">waiting</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">feeling</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">silence</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">along the sand</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">your diminishing footsteps</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">nothing remains</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2tNimouwILVBQzbCPlUMECVBRchoM8SFc1hlWHWbaeoFgCLSqSQE8joO5s-QNg7B6xmphxGa7X3I35gXCZMSQLEUa3wlDFmR9ruZghP88G0PonbmLH_nApbbQQ5RspczL2FmCVrh1-_o/s1600/4+sea.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2tNimouwILVBQzbCPlUMECVBRchoM8SFc1hlWHWbaeoFgCLSqSQE8joO5s-QNg7B6xmphxGa7X3I35gXCZMSQLEUa3wlDFmR9ruZghP88G0PonbmLH_nApbbQQ5RspczL2FmCVrh1-_o/s400/4+sea.jpg" height="302" width="400" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">luminous green waves</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">rose and foamed</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">crashed on the shore again</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">you</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">were within</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcBKz-Sc_t7xo-Gq_x9QGWJXMv3MoJ-yserbQ47xbHZZ2NL_-iisY2qw3-srq2PtwwabGiUAB5vI84F7hrCUF_gffpRuJt0RUAFNJ7MpFTeZDRLqGueng87bQal7lJt202Ohk_N9sQras/s1600/5+sae.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcBKz-Sc_t7xo-Gq_x9QGWJXMv3MoJ-yserbQ47xbHZZ2NL_-iisY2qw3-srq2PtwwabGiUAB5vI84F7hrCUF_gffpRuJt0RUAFNJ7MpFTeZDRLqGueng87bQal7lJt202Ohk_N9sQras/s400/5+sae.jpg" height="266" width="400" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sea forever</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">serenading</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the sandy shore</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">she always</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">carried</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a sea-shell</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">wrote upon the sand</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">her whispered name long ago</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the sea stole it back</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMX11p-E84p-Gmlp_x21pRBOpj_VeFuejSAQlNOnzhB1dGsGY7Rl4CoYMVY7cNR6NvjIoM2w0kgqTcDd5Xlx-idZAYupRe9MBRcMNlOzrcDU4bzfKuEIeM_1rlKevalPWE-VkrwuuUU8/s1600/9+sea.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMX11p-E84p-Gmlp_x21pRBOpj_VeFuejSAQlNOnzhB1dGsGY7Rl4CoYMVY7cNR6NvjIoM2w0kgqTcDd5Xlx-idZAYupRe9MBRcMNlOzrcDU4bzfKuEIeM_1rlKevalPWE-VkrwuuUU8/s400/9+sea.jpg" height="288" width="400" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a brown wooden box</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the parting gift he gave her</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">scalloped shell inside</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">saltiness lingered</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a long way from home</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">seashells in glass bowl</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">around her neck </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a bone carving</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of a seahorse</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">white waves</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">wind whipping the foam</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">touches her back</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">she turned</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sea foam</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">arching towards the sky</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">frisky foam</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">along water's edge</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a white stallion</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">rears</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">your footsteps</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">washed away by the tide</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">mine remain</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
gennepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04018211831385587676noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639498863491125209.post-91255885867987859742011-05-15T19:39:00.000+01:002014-03-04T13:49:47.285+00:00tanka and micropoetry by gennepher<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
***<br />
<br />
curious quality<br />
of <br />
the dream<br />
where all things<br />
are possible<br />
<br />
***<br />
</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6ixpv7xr5XMkwxooxfYFoDbpUWAm7hhUOJ1Jei5-5Ec0dWqaWTRh_rUQOXnZDmnhncFg4X9q7eWyEIUvBi4Y9dgpRh3o_qH2rGu72BzjYjDarXnyFwTh9QNHmWmHZWA4GMaYjMc2Emc/s1600/fbk+cover+P+galico.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6ixpv7xr5XMkwxooxfYFoDbpUWAm7hhUOJ1Jei5-5Ec0dWqaWTRh_rUQOXnZDmnhncFg4X9q7eWyEIUvBi4Y9dgpRh3o_qH2rGu72BzjYjDarXnyFwTh9QNHmWmHZWA4GMaYjMc2Emc/s400/fbk+cover+P+galico.jpg" height="388" width="400" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
***<br />
<br />
alive<br />
and <br />
fluttering<br />
the butterfly<br />
within<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
the<br />
dream<br />
lives<br />
in the tales<br />
that are told <br />
<br />
***<br />
</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgq2fzxF6tKwKXUBtTz2WJAHu23GieTXc9B1eMeV0nfsV-TIIdGdZ_kKGKTkiVnHqrF6xo3xQWPgMl-7x0srbacv3DunLttg62t1hzKu2gedm5sH_8dCZYambU8uEwgLkD9fFAFryxpaU/s1600/bl+wh+cat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgq2fzxF6tKwKXUBtTz2WJAHu23GieTXc9B1eMeV0nfsV-TIIdGdZ_kKGKTkiVnHqrF6xo3xQWPgMl-7x0srbacv3DunLttg62t1hzKu2gedm5sH_8dCZYambU8uEwgLkD9fFAFryxpaU/s400/bl+wh+cat.jpg" height="400" width="286" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
***<br />
<br />
only when<br />
she could entertain<br />
a mind picture <br />
then<br />
she could understand<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
singing lullabyes<br />
the unknown voice<br />
lulled her to sleep<br />
it <br />
watched over her<br />
<br />
***<br />
</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOFn7O5YJiUTQ4UuF3mGnxgCx9eUmuMNscVhVkPxYSYxDwuwwa-5fXBqNXjeiqSNoYcag6hotsByw9weItW64Fl6DJCrHqKPKRQ2H48xPE_MsrcjyHBicbyXA6mQZrn363uQAJ_DWf-w/s1600/child+14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOFn7O5YJiUTQ4UuF3mGnxgCx9eUmuMNscVhVkPxYSYxDwuwwa-5fXBqNXjeiqSNoYcag6hotsByw9weItW64Fl6DJCrHqKPKRQ2H48xPE_MsrcjyHBicbyXA6mQZrn363uQAJ_DWf-w/s400/child+14.jpg" height="377" width="400" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
***<br />
<br />
a tear<br />
found<br />
its path<br />
winding <br />
down her cheek<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
the words<br />
in my<br />
head<br />
get tired<br />
sometimes<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
going<br />
round the clock<br />
the second hand<br />
slices<br />
fragments of time<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
the <br />
guilt<br />
of<br />
the refusal<br />
remained<br />
<br />
***<br />
</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqq1wvn3VV__XY1YqILNishuMN-s0KfL6TUi9S9Bl2wHFsxKyfrK0noShI3IWTysoxKCQvGHi2sSR2ltGO1reL4yrWjtLAZP8ttnBaLTFAIW3hqU3b14gEg2oWXNLQ0NKZyhl3BqfB7_4/s1600/sshuttered+window.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqq1wvn3VV__XY1YqILNishuMN-s0KfL6TUi9S9Bl2wHFsxKyfrK0noShI3IWTysoxKCQvGHi2sSR2ltGO1reL4yrWjtLAZP8ttnBaLTFAIW3hqU3b14gEg2oWXNLQ0NKZyhl3BqfB7_4/s400/sshuttered+window.jpg" height="283" width="400" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
***<br />
<br />
the <br />
heart<br />
remembers<br />
even though<br />
the roses have faded<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
I<br />
miss <br />
our conversations<br />
which were still going<br />
when dawn broke<br />
<br />
***<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
***<br />
<br />
with every stitch<br />
she placed<br />
a thought<br />
finally<br />
the hand made doll was ready<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
she<br />
was<br />
not seen<br />
so she wondered<br />
if she were the ghost<br />
<br />
***<br />
</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCNbeM8jpd-y2ZZWbtCAG3dekBfIwKdmsevJh-Tx5vc8ZB0RIrNMHoSLkJli4QNUnBLinqJsoNbXkWOAH3GBGk6vgo9nCrVuntCKdm1G2p3TvRejX8cKhmFF_TZkRfu5riuH9CSM7W750/s1600/1alchemist.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCNbeM8jpd-y2ZZWbtCAG3dekBfIwKdmsevJh-Tx5vc8ZB0RIrNMHoSLkJli4QNUnBLinqJsoNbXkWOAH3GBGk6vgo9nCrVuntCKdm1G2p3TvRejX8cKhmFF_TZkRfu5riuH9CSM7W750/s400/1alchemist.jpg" height="400" width="242" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
***<br />
<br />
with writing<br />
the voices<br />
grew quieter<br />
they<br />
became the stories<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
the ghost thinker<br />
who twists<br />
words<br />
from <br />
their original memory<br />
<br />
***<br />
</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbWng09dbCCxWgIePpDOuDnEsRiq12nmJ434KMwZnyXh3-JMK-kyFt32pO0c4Sp7vAP8LK5kB9V5QLb6jd9x4YE6KIpJTjyuVBN9kGcm4-AWnoII3rdi54ll_sZrJ3jEKbCCqIZs1UUc/s1600/castle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbWng09dbCCxWgIePpDOuDnEsRiq12nmJ434KMwZnyXh3-JMK-kyFt32pO0c4Sp7vAP8LK5kB9V5QLb6jd9x4YE6KIpJTjyuVBN9kGcm4-AWnoII3rdi54ll_sZrJ3jEKbCCqIZs1UUc/s400/castle.jpg" height="290" width="400" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
***<br />
<br />
a<br />
constant<br />
reminder<br />
the past<br />
lurking<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
</span></div>
gennepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04018211831385587676noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639498863491125209.post-72569889740121147822011-04-08T19:32:00.001+01:002014-03-04T13:48:12.582+00:00tanka and micropoetry (memories) by gennepher<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">neapolitan</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">ice cream</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">wafer</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a memory</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of yellow cornfields</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">home-made</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Victoria</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">butter-cream raspberry sponge</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a memory</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of grandma's high teas</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a ninety-niner ice cream</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I bought in the park</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">for tuppence</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a memory</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of how I used my bus fare home from school</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxuMzpa_l0YwdMj2Rk2uhrRuwAqqLpMy_7WnCJUz6hGmQaRKhvnnX28hDPKJFlYf2yJjAKYdR5lF4Y6KS7J1PwKukjMIDa-B5gQDs74hXv6NZWBxhqfaLNiECjlDKQDdwPJvAkf0IIpac/s1600/ice+creamth_IMG_4698.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxuMzpa_l0YwdMj2Rk2uhrRuwAqqLpMy_7WnCJUz6hGmQaRKhvnnX28hDPKJFlYf2yJjAKYdR5lF4Y6KS7J1PwKukjMIDa-B5gQDs74hXv6NZWBxhqfaLNiECjlDKQDdwPJvAkf0IIpac/s320/ice+creamth_IMG_4698.jpg" height="320" width="294" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">orange juice</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">biscuits</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a memory</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of an elderly couple with a dog</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">my place on the bench</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">opposite a girl</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">with a perpetually snotty nose</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a memory</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of school lunches</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qfR1bIoc1SfnVbU7p5x_kW94fBgDdp9xVeKEM-UGHaYhzhu7SCxv5U2QKJ9tkafd__XOM6mLHxHE3AF09WMYTiWs0OxFVhVirLnbB2yGKyfQ-fvZKEWitS-zZXsbMql_-Ymeg6G6wd0/s1600/baskte.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qfR1bIoc1SfnVbU7p5x_kW94fBgDdp9xVeKEM-UGHaYhzhu7SCxv5U2QKJ9tkafd__XOM6mLHxHE3AF09WMYTiWs0OxFVhVirLnbB2yGKyfQ-fvZKEWitS-zZXsbMql_-Ymeg6G6wd0/s320/baskte.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a wicker basket</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of home-made cakes</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">covered with tea towel</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a memory</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of a walk upstream</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">home-made liquidised soup</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">splattered </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">on walls and ceiling</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a memory</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of a meal in a commune</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGqKPxiQgDVP6FkHxSpHXKAbgLR3hJpFHPJzuAPDoexgi2szYftUabcasYP9Jb7kL781HiDJkB-8_QqmOZnENnTgHhvo781Ch5AiyX94oRaUImgqBkgKuWDfcRmv7BAszQCuAKY4HRBgY/s1600/custardth_cakecustard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGqKPxiQgDVP6FkHxSpHXKAbgLR3hJpFHPJzuAPDoexgi2szYftUabcasYP9Jb7kL781HiDJkB-8_QqmOZnENnTgHhvo781Ch5AiyX94oRaUImgqBkgKuWDfcRmv7BAszQCuAKY4HRBgY/s1600/custardth_cakecustard.jpg" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">lashings of custard</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">on</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">my pudding</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a memory</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of kind dinner ladies</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">mouldy white bread</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and soup powder</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in tap water</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a memory</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of a kind girl called Robin</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaDqHUXx7QtIM1cs6Ut4mluJKEz7gRTaML9VJPwNhhgihqhoC71Gj8Nl7G9jjdyM3GjNynlbM_w8rgG6SdpqQf1gg-HEGXq83DHBuWNqx6I40T6qbeQ2FpWRKxOImL88CKzbAXoVf9Kic/s1600/peasth_IMG_1994.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaDqHUXx7QtIM1cs6Ut4mluJKEz7gRTaML9VJPwNhhgihqhoC71Gj8Nl7G9jjdyM3GjNynlbM_w8rgG6SdpqQf1gg-HEGXq83DHBuWNqx6I40T6qbeQ2FpWRKxOImL88CKzbAXoVf9Kic/s320/peasth_IMG_1994.jpg" height="320" width="304" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">eating peas</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">straight</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">from the pod</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a memory</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of Granddad's vegetable garden</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">fried eggs</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">nearly all</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">double yolks</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a memory</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of collecting eggs on the farm</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sloes</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">eaten</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">from the hedgerow</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a memory</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of a cold frosty morning</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">my</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">mother's</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">stew</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">hating sliced carrots</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">three tier</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">cake stand</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">full of cakes</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Lyons Corner Houses</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuYxhAIb1xSyYAdLFBn32og0D0G5VbeBI1S2ODwptil_GVoj-cU87p8uDSVWm1Q5JhsaxOfU9Wd0ca6XU97t-YSEzjLNWn1uyzRFf3m8uppYpjV0EscsLnJ7YhKNITGrMWtx9gazCA7AQ/s1600/Ftier398224%252C1289507033%252C1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuYxhAIb1xSyYAdLFBn32og0D0G5VbeBI1S2ODwptil_GVoj-cU87p8uDSVWm1Q5JhsaxOfU9Wd0ca6XU97t-YSEzjLNWn1uyzRFf3m8uppYpjV0EscsLnJ7YhKNITGrMWtx9gazCA7AQ/s320/Ftier398224%252C1289507033%252C1.jpg" height="320" width="219" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">on the moors</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">cold water</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and tea bags</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">all the gas escaping from the calor gas cylinder </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">beef paste sandwiches</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">generously laced</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">with sand</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Brighton beach </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">walking a long way</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">with the picnic basket</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">then the sun went in</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">my mother's bad temper</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh77YRKnXgj4LJ5CXKSzy4PvuO3Y4GrOmTrFTFn3-scr73Xe8mPqp5fGtFlrZcP4rMNXwZugvZobad1gZR6Z0c3vImaKpxhX_I58cYJUeGEQBhhfckI_euuJyyx6JY5UoEmSxae8YKoEOA/s1600/kerwickerwic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh77YRKnXgj4LJ5CXKSzy4PvuO3Y4GrOmTrFTFn3-scr73Xe8mPqp5fGtFlrZcP4rMNXwZugvZobad1gZR6Z0c3vImaKpxhX_I58cYJUeGEQBhhfckI_euuJyyx6JY5UoEmSxae8YKoEOA/s1600/kerwickerwic.jpg" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a blood stained parcel</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">wrapped</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in brown paper and string</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">grandma posting us a chicken at Xmas</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a crusty bun</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">pat of butter</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and oxo crisps</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">lunch for a shilling</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a salad</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">all the ingredients arranged</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">picturesquely on the plate</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the first meal John made me</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">gas stove</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">exploded</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">when I couldn't light it</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">first cup of tea I tried to make for my parents</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">white ice cream</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">with</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">hot chocolate custard</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">my favourite Sunday lunch pudding</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">eating a roast chicken</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">pulling it apart</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">with my fingers</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a fancy dress medieval banquet</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">chocolate sponge</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">with</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">green mint custard</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">my favourite school pudding</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">rice pudding</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">with</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">figs</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">my least favourite school pudding</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6LOCfkbA8cC-d8ARye0X4uBQVRG-UqRa26n6QuZx6ezzIn1OriTzZgYG3GogXYmAK6qeyqfC4dJXdZ93va6l_oa5_nv581i611ycC3cDa1Yczw1L3uQiO9ZpoHQMH5kQ3tntujWhLYI/s1600/thrasr_Raspberries.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6LOCfkbA8cC-d8ARye0X4uBQVRG-UqRa26n6QuZx6ezzIn1OriTzZgYG3GogXYmAK6qeyqfC4dJXdZ93va6l_oa5_nv581i611ycC3cDa1Yczw1L3uQiO9ZpoHQMH5kQ3tntujWhLYI/s1600/thrasr_Raspberries.jpg" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in the hedgerows</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sun warmed</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">raspberries</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a walk with a friend</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">apples</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">red</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and green</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">granddad's old gnarled apple orchard</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhssedKsc0j3gieXosRF6MlaC8UIWK9lEVOSFe69XLrMgd8oW5WlxLQmUzydGdx_DepN0kNXaeF7qaYzyLgaOAnIg1DZ8Bh2qFENzLiJJNmBmGN0edhzt5E6wNj_tjBEDcvY0dm2cEUkhk/s1600/wapsp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhssedKsc0j3gieXosRF6MlaC8UIWK9lEVOSFe69XLrMgd8oW5WlxLQmUzydGdx_DepN0kNXaeF7qaYzyLgaOAnIg1DZ8Bh2qFENzLiJJNmBmGN0edhzt5E6wNj_tjBEDcvY0dm2cEUkhk/s1600/wapsp.jpg" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">at the picnic</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">orange juice</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">poured into tumblers</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the wasps joining in</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a box</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of Cadburys Milk Tray</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">all for me</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">my reward for finding a lost purse</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNisCNpLguPd8PertIW3ENkqM9jF6Bf44Z690xdKYe4bevykj79EF9vQFn-gdmK1f84P3Hnaas_8xf8J6VAmE74FMGSO1NuzTCBQI0R7JPu_PPUmWtI6hVq6ZSlLdKhc92DQH4im7tpGg/s1600/th_lg_orangeade_1-5l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNisCNpLguPd8PertIW3ENkqM9jF6Bf44Z690xdKYe4bevykj79EF9vQFn-gdmK1f84P3Hnaas_8xf8J6VAmE74FMGSO1NuzTCBQI0R7JPu_PPUmWtI6hVq6ZSlLdKhc92DQH4im7tpGg/s1600/th_lg_orangeade_1-5l.jpg" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a full</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">two pint</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">orangeade bottle</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a urine sample a classmate took to a medical exam</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a huge enormous</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">dead black spider</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in my lettuce</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">screaming one school lunchtime</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdwfqpmzV9K87kR8Gs5IV7O7fIA-1EgZsgForRteiEi2FqUOW6kDigvty5AXXeRyU7jp8XI5RNHEM5fVRzAg2IaAtZy_6KPTpHYfmmoomCjiv8G71h1KXpoEuNMfD9OUUdqNaZYQSUyQ/s1600/fish+and+chips.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdwfqpmzV9K87kR8Gs5IV7O7fIA-1EgZsgForRteiEi2FqUOW6kDigvty5AXXeRyU7jp8XI5RNHEM5fVRzAg2IaAtZy_6KPTpHYfmmoomCjiv8G71h1KXpoEuNMfD9OUUdqNaZYQSUyQ/s320/fish+and+chips.jpg" height="320" width="228" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">fish and chips</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">on</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Bournemouth seashore</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">watching the sun go down</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">one third pint</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">bottles</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of milk</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">drinking through a paper straw at school morning break</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzmDaY0TSkk5m9q4n02c72_xQmFmk6qmnyZ-2dOhQHo6Vd03roGp6smEYLKcePmnRDn5fHgcFiPakndLDY7OqG9nTFjbfFzI-fFkIs4AXSBrkkPlCDhjrnJTAcc80v0CLk7PEkqCXB4Y/s1600/imilk+bottlrmages.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzmDaY0TSkk5m9q4n02c72_xQmFmk6qmnyZ-2dOhQHo6Vd03roGp6smEYLKcePmnRDn5fHgcFiPakndLDY7OqG9nTFjbfFzI-fFkIs4AXSBrkkPlCDhjrnJTAcc80v0CLk7PEkqCXB4Y/s1600/imilk+bottlrmages.jpg" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a few biscuits</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">from each tin</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in a white paper bag</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the grocer's shop with bare wooden floors</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sweets</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">for</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a farthing each</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">my farthing with the jenny wren on it</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCoUUZ_XkTP_TJiwoPQDnAdONMc2T88SRQw5rzOsB_N4RaurFJ3xbD2TC77GtEl18UG6waho688qbyiQRHnaktzhh5fB-cuRzvqD-ETVVFgPEcgNQJ8Ij07Y0pO_o3e9LU4E8OQsW1Xgw/s1600/th_GeorgeVIFarthingRev.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCoUUZ_XkTP_TJiwoPQDnAdONMc2T88SRQw5rzOsB_N4RaurFJ3xbD2TC77GtEl18UG6waho688qbyiQRHnaktzhh5fB-cuRzvqD-ETVVFgPEcgNQJ8Ij07Y0pO_o3e9LU4E8OQsW1Xgw/s320/th_GeorgeVIFarthingRev.jpg" height="305" width="320" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a silver sixpence </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">into</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a bubble gum machine</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the Beatles cards that came with it</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0LFhBT5kq_z3McyaNg2bRA3Dw5ZPKsO7Ga1KL0fJ_SsS1kJNXb9RRvQBxqSw6lYu4ZheozhjKAFBM-nqXB0fORKph6fRHLY02PjE4ryJxg9xkXEbeq2xIpJrN60BjAzkmwAXHr2F1SXI/s1600/thsixsilversixpence.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0LFhBT5kq_z3McyaNg2bRA3Dw5ZPKsO7Ga1KL0fJ_SsS1kJNXb9RRvQBxqSw6lYu4ZheozhjKAFBM-nqXB0fORKph6fRHLY02PjE4ryJxg9xkXEbeq2xIpJrN60BjAzkmwAXHr2F1SXI/s1600/thsixsilversixpence.jpg" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">fish and chips</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a transport café</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a video machine with Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Band</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XsbQ2j78ppFa7e-NmeQgbYXKP0EYxWy__ynyOmyvwwnRakpDfwdMnoFJC1DkCDlnJhzrbuMK2O38AhI44KYp9aucaaxZDG5z6lgcignpdpxFYSTnaTcP1wT-PdIMPX4nCtUXn5ER6K8/s1600/th_Blackberries.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XsbQ2j78ppFa7e-NmeQgbYXKP0EYxWy__ynyOmyvwwnRakpDfwdMnoFJC1DkCDlnJhzrbuMK2O38AhI44KYp9aucaaxZDG5z6lgcignpdpxFYSTnaTcP1wT-PdIMPX4nCtUXn5ER6K8/s320/th_Blackberries.jpg" height="320" width="250" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">blackberries</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">soaking in salt water</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the maggots floating to the surface</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">my mother-in-laws blackberry pie</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAx9XiV0gQ6FmgpMMlyt4Gjs8m9593tJ-ISWiOxeCRHI16oulKwF2Kp08um-_51fMzbcfX99Bb1Dvs9A-zvHD7cmsNvHEx-OC1F2tihMEvUh_xC7httX62OsEwPnE0vNyCTV4hyphenhyphenfKMdK4/s1600/th_bblueberry_pie__2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAx9XiV0gQ6FmgpMMlyt4Gjs8m9593tJ-ISWiOxeCRHI16oulKwF2Kp08um-_51fMzbcfX99Bb1Dvs9A-zvHD7cmsNvHEx-OC1F2tihMEvUh_xC7httX62OsEwPnE0vNyCTV4hyphenhyphenfKMdK4/s320/th_bblueberry_pie__2.jpg" height="209" width="320" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">chicken feathers</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">flying</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in the breeze</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">grandma plucking the chicken for lunch</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<br /></div>
</div>
gennepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04018211831385587676noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639498863491125209.post-52576828678373627652011-03-30T23:29:00.002+01:002014-03-04T13:46:50.387+00:00haiku, tanka, micropoetry and haiga by gennepher<div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a walk long ago</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">she remembered so clearly</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the fresh smell of pine</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNTmDsVj3W2VLRcU2710h3LQpWlbITZ-kyJFVqTzZ2FQGdP_5rCc9oxMOhdJuHkrl-WS3IZxnFe8rL_U1ZsnJIejKAC4KfUW2_-zP9ApdsAqnQi3tOkmMV_WmlitX59KKV_NvPAuj5g8k/s1600/FinalPine2+march+2011+263.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNTmDsVj3W2VLRcU2710h3LQpWlbITZ-kyJFVqTzZ2FQGdP_5rCc9oxMOhdJuHkrl-WS3IZxnFe8rL_U1ZsnJIejKAC4KfUW2_-zP9ApdsAqnQi3tOkmMV_WmlitX59KKV_NvPAuj5g8k/s400/FinalPine2+march+2011+263.jpg" height="400" width="300" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">reflection</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in the dark window</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">undefined</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">always</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">memories</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">remained</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">paper</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">thin</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">skin</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">crumpled</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">flaked away</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7UpCwe7zgocwDSFcE-Qcw0r_Udtf6GehxwyV_4foBdimHm8PQD0FPmWHlkzBjm4Od3wkFqHI5foa8OOJhF-zat94-pXFL5_nWerVTEub1cV4FbDpk_5A9Ef7Y1IR41kYecTwewrb_1Y/s1600/final+swanbw+swan+defensive.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7UpCwe7zgocwDSFcE-Qcw0r_Udtf6GehxwyV_4foBdimHm8PQD0FPmWHlkzBjm4Od3wkFqHI5foa8OOJhF-zat94-pXFL5_nWerVTEub1cV4FbDpk_5A9Ef7Y1IR41kYecTwewrb_1Y/s400/final+swanbw+swan+defensive.jpg" height="400" width="302" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">graceful</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">white swan</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">bending her neck</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">encompasses</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">all</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSnrd0a9v-0BRhc0phb5UhVEQ9IFHiyGzjrTONUTXSgTk03OThtMFrh7MImUjgrN1AwDBUkA90Tos05RZylYLzxr574sx7vlR-5JoGKtR0TpIYBBBBRP1prqAYiH7MpGViTKhaOOIP8w/s1600/finaleye2+march+2011+374.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSnrd0a9v-0BRhc0phb5UhVEQ9IFHiyGzjrTONUTXSgTk03OThtMFrh7MImUjgrN1AwDBUkA90Tos05RZylYLzxr574sx7vlR-5JoGKtR0TpIYBBBBRP1prqAYiH7MpGViTKhaOOIP8w/s400/finaleye2+march+2011+374.jpg" height="400" width="270" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">intense</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">blue eye</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">flashing deep</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">forever</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">searching</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">wind's</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">silence</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">everything else</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">obeys</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3vVIZ8eMEk_3uCozxBGfEmR4Nd2JxV_etjoF6PJTmeUFEQMfmiX0iD1bP32159Zy8xTQ9ws4IVPpQgAjf1ngnMhvZq_YGh6wr-J8F4fV7oJrAcwtLO2CKOBH__tqEMpge-d_RFEVJpU/s1600/finalPoetry2+march+2011+109.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3vVIZ8eMEk_3uCozxBGfEmR4Nd2JxV_etjoF6PJTmeUFEQMfmiX0iD1bP32159Zy8xTQ9ws4IVPpQgAjf1ngnMhvZq_YGh6wr-J8F4fV7oJrAcwtLO2CKOBH__tqEMpge-d_RFEVJpU/s400/finalPoetry2+march+2011+109.jpg" height="310" width="400" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">poetry</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">an expression</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of the soul </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDRtp7oJEdZVdB6Ba_vQEjhzRZftd7Nc0m-hqDm6rTk8Q8K25ySxd64H8f_kk8wfOJHj_dysla7RRW9D6lsngCm7vjh7ZMJQ8Ar5n7oA6Dt0TOiIpY3-GYjZipU_pae7QIMljfuZmznaQ/s1600/final+photosB+rooftops.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDRtp7oJEdZVdB6Ba_vQEjhzRZftd7Nc0m-hqDm6rTk8Q8K25ySxd64H8f_kk8wfOJHj_dysla7RRW9D6lsngCm7vjh7ZMJQ8Ar5n7oA6Dt0TOiIpY3-GYjZipU_pae7QIMljfuZmznaQ/s400/final+photosB+rooftops.jpg" height="292" width="400" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">flitting</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">through</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">photographs</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">shadows</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of memories</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihDPBEc4Bblhlv4KqnO5rk9mOj7VnH0eAEJUlDaHpVot-8J4uHpD88MongXpihkYCb1DUqD8Ia1qtRfOG_5KCHQXAZe7QPJSvxWCCvabNJl74FR4MZNOuz_Uud9oiECNyFEFLY4ov4TaQ/s1600/final+hugeA+flea.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihDPBEc4Bblhlv4KqnO5rk9mOj7VnH0eAEJUlDaHpVot-8J4uHpD88MongXpihkYCb1DUqD8Ia1qtRfOG_5KCHQXAZe7QPJSvxWCCvabNJl74FR4MZNOuz_Uud9oiECNyFEFLY4ov4TaQ/s400/final+hugeA+flea.jpg" height="292" width="400" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a huge bird</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">spread its wings</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in the sky</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the land</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">darkened</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a piece of paper</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">buffeted</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">by the winds</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the seagull dropped down</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and took shelter</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2EDYynI57WRP3fglJekUjQZ3Qoq3VGgutHwsD6RM2ziysGLPQ3JjhCSMcL1371IMPeyKreap86bwITyiokQL0eH4qOvrBV4U9GHXp4be1rnxvUtFtPn-G7qqG50j5VMcdfqvGQDAU6M/s1600/fianl+seagullbw+wild+sea+seagulls.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2EDYynI57WRP3fglJekUjQZ3Qoq3VGgutHwsD6RM2ziysGLPQ3JjhCSMcL1371IMPeyKreap86bwITyiokQL0eH4qOvrBV4U9GHXp4be1rnxvUtFtPn-G7qqG50j5VMcdfqvGQDAU6M/s400/fianl+seagullbw+wild+sea+seagulls.jpg" height="355" width="400" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">winter's etchings</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">ferns and flowers</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">on frosted window panes</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">nature's reminder</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of next summer</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">three crows</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">flew</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">over</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">then plummeted</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">into the woods</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">crows</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">whirling</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the sky</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJxgcBEXGCc2cOvspfwjdwIthpUFHj0o3FY2G4OeR7SgFzopdZbygJC3aZR7QM5d4oF43-BCUCjIy5WH8dzF0W5otn2vIWDJreUvSFtO6EwCUjj5mdsw9dXrVXpvyY6MYSd2Bro8-en08/s1600/final+whitechild+bridesmaid+ghost.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJxgcBEXGCc2cOvspfwjdwIthpUFHj0o3FY2G4OeR7SgFzopdZbygJC3aZR7QM5d4oF43-BCUCjIy5WH8dzF0W5otn2vIWDJreUvSFtO6EwCUjj5mdsw9dXrVXpvyY6MYSd2Bro8-en08/s400/final+whitechild+bridesmaid+ghost.jpg" height="400" width="323" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a house</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">all white</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I wandered</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">from room to room</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">rock a bye baby</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">watching playful shooting stars</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">gurgles happily</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">light tripping fairies</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">dancing on tips of the waves</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">wings of sparkling stars</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">water cupped</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in the hands</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">moon blesses </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">red dress</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">dancing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">on washing line</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a string of pearls</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">round its neck</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">homeless</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">between</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">worlds</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">transitory</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">wanderer</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">if</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">there is</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">no beginning</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">there is</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">no end</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">whisper</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">died</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">echoing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">silently</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">minnows</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">darting</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in and out</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the shadows</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">they</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">kept</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the shadows</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">from</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">each other</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the felled tree</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a void</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in its place</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a single crow</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">utterly still</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">on blackened tree</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">raven</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">wings</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of night</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">scattering</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">stardust</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the sandman has been</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">he's thrown sand into my eyes</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">wants me to follow</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
</div>
gennepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04018211831385587676noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639498863491125209.post-45394742651974982842011-03-09T20:54:00.001+00:002014-03-04T13:44:37.436+00:00tanka and haiga by gennepher<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">there </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">was</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">always</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">invisible link</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">knowledge</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">was pooled</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">as</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">one</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">snippets</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">fading</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">then</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">coming</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">back </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">infiniteness</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">infinity</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">beyond</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">lies</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">secrets</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">betrayals</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">their</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">death </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">interconnecting</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">links</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">held</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">them</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">together </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">they</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">knew</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">even though</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">they</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">were not near</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">faceless</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">clock</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">time</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">worn</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">as</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a medallion</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">past</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">what</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">was</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">it</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">out</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">there?</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">corridors</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">past</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">shadows</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">came</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">went</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">their</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">tragedy</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">so</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">long</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">ago</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">betrayal</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">but</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">they</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">kept</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the secret</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">they</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">knew</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">but also</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">someone else</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">did </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">knowledge </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">they shared</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">among</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">themselves </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">everything</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">but</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">nothing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">yet</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">everything</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">knowing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">how</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to melt</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">into</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the night </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">finally</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">came</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">an end </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">lying</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the snow</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">black rose</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">weeping </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">his</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">home</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">was</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">his</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">grave</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the map</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">had changed</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">irrevocably</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">past</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a shard of glass</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">deep</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in the heart</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">bleeding </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">it dry</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the gaudy trinkets</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">life</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">barely concealing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">stark reality </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">she remembered</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a bustling community</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">against all odds</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">all she could see today</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">desolation and despair </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">so alive</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">all those years</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">ago</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">now dereliction</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">abandonment</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">her</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">heart</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sank</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">who ripped out the living heart</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of the community? </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">heart</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">discarded</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">but not</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">by those within</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">progress</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the eye</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">but not</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to the heart </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">communities</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">like the buildings</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">around them</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">burnt out, missing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">soulless</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the soulless windows</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the buildings</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">gazed</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">unseeingly</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the fire</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">now</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">gone </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">blackened windows</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">gazed into the void</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">community</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">driven</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to extremes</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">behaviour</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">they</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">responded</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the only way</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">they</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">knew how</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">malodorous</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">players</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">card dealing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a fug of smoke</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">notices</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">on</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">doors</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">instructions</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of fetidity</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">even</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">death</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">an overblown</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">display</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of garishness</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">on the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">stairwell</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">notices </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">mephitic</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">incredulity </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">writing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">on the wall</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">rubbed out</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">so many times </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">as</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">roseate mists</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of dawn cleared </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the deadened depravity</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">asserted itself </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the city</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">its radiating roads</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">now destroyed</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a system</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of perverse one ways</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the city</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">cantankerous infection</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the soul</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">emptiness</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">"rats" ate out</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and poisoned</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">heart</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">extremes of poverty</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and affluence</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">degrading</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">less middle road</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in everything</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the new</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">even</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">more corrupt</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">than</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the old </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">it</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">was</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">bled dry</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">then</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">abandoned </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">time</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">never</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">forgets</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">neither</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">does it heal</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">voice</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">came</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">from</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">just over there</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">lullaby </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sung</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">her</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to sleep</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
</div>
gennepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04018211831385587676noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639498863491125209.post-85226610002353502572011-02-23T19:53:00.002+00:002014-03-04T13:43:22.079+00:00tanka and micropoetry by gennepher<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">winter fairies</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">adorned</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the landscape</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">with</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">white shining robes</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">hoar </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">frost</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">crystals</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">everything</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sparkling</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">winter fairies</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">imprisoned</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">streams</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in white</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">faceted crystals</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">cold</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">frosty</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">evening</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the night sky</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">blazing with stars</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">frosted silver strands</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">threaded</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">with sparkling diamonds</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">gossamer</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">fine web</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">adorning autumn's</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">discarded</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">withered leaf</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">frosted</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">gems</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">*** </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">autumn’s hawthorn</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">red fairy lanterns lighting</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the way through winter</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">spring </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sweeping</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the night sky</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">moon slowly rising</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">her gown</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">glistening</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">longing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">was</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">there</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">within</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">reaching</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">into</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a space</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">that</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">wasn’t there </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">upturned</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">hand</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">held</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">all longing</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the child</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">who is always</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">with me</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">yet</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">he is not </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">trees</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">have lost</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">their leaves</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">yet leaves circle the tree trunk</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">self-importantly all winter</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">world</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">is slow</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">so am I</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the wreath</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">by the grave</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">told a story</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">no one</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">knew</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">their</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">names</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">unknown</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">but not</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">their presence</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOz1ahNrPFl3TlY7z_M6tNqVTYZIRH7AcAYTmaLcUTdxxa4uF_0dnxj0n6MhGCGVfnT8MA2-h9Ak7IWzDxehBCQ1L494g5xhoixH5rUBojHW1SOxXfp_7RmSgE-rte-g568JU3pteUxk/s1600/names+1+2010+796.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOz1ahNrPFl3TlY7z_M6tNqVTYZIRH7AcAYTmaLcUTdxxa4uF_0dnxj0n6MhGCGVfnT8MA2-h9Ak7IWzDxehBCQ1L494g5xhoixH5rUBojHW1SOxXfp_7RmSgE-rte-g568JU3pteUxk/s320/names+1+2010+796.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">they</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">dispersed</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">not</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">knowing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">why</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">an</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">interconnecting</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">link</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">broken</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">one by one</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">one by one</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">they faded</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">away</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">only one</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">was left…</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">knowledge</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">dying</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">each one</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">fading</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">death</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">arose</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">from</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">beginning</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">she searched</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">but</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the answer</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">had</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">died</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">each mind</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">encompassing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">them all</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">until</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">it became as one</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">it</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">is</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">now</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">too</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">late</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
</div>
gennepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04018211831385587676noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639498863491125209.post-14668864877316777282011-02-04T15:54:00.001+00:002014-03-04T13:41:23.404+00:00tanka and micropoetry by gennepher<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">***<br />
<br />
he escaped<br />
through<br />
lies<br />
one rung on the ladder<br />
missing<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
the locket<br />
on a chain<br />
round her neck<br />
her dead son<br />
always staring at you<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
the stories<br />
that<br />
got lost<br />
in<br />
the telling <br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
on<br />
the far side<br />
of parting<br />
the accompanying<br />
loneliness<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
kettle boiling<br />
window<br />
steamed up<br />
the world outside<br />
could be anything<br />
<br />
***<br />
</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRZ87icxjGJM76NQEGn37vuYKZaoupqtff6LIM6lrrBL5APCVnquhGJWEv4-oLQUc-Aoemwv6wWxFa2dLgKqRIgb-eO1szVIgRJcek0fTLJcJA-OBr60ojBAiCnDZ1hzOKKe4Hw3gsE88/s1600/kettle2010+187.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRZ87icxjGJM76NQEGn37vuYKZaoupqtff6LIM6lrrBL5APCVnquhGJWEv4-oLQUc-Aoemwv6wWxFa2dLgKqRIgb-eO1szVIgRJcek0fTLJcJA-OBr60ojBAiCnDZ1hzOKKe4Hw3gsE88/s400/kettle2010+187.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
***<br />
<br />
the secret<br />
she<br />
did not know<br />
was always<br />
around her<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
it was on her mind<br />
as she awoke<br />
but she lost it<br />
another poem<br />
bites the dust<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
stretching<br />
out her hand<br />
that dark night<br />
she reached<br />
the stars<br />
<br />
***<br />
</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI36VFgtoPcBRoc048qwcMDTIp_vvRQp4QGWFx9qDYhQbihFWRuiQqk73HH1_lKo7rC1gurOifSKGN16txAZFVyDu18EcG339kYUxoW8NkUDqb_xsvAmB8nRIeX8KcJ6Sz5HN3LCzCifI/s1600/freedom+2010+159.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI36VFgtoPcBRoc048qwcMDTIp_vvRQp4QGWFx9qDYhQbihFWRuiQqk73HH1_lKo7rC1gurOifSKGN16txAZFVyDu18EcG339kYUxoW8NkUDqb_xsvAmB8nRIeX8KcJ6Sz5HN3LCzCifI/s400/freedom+2010+159.jpg" height="400" width="300" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
***<br />
<br />
freedom<br />
from<br />
one's<br />
own<br />
self<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
she<br />
had<br />
a problematical relationship<br />
with<br />
spelling<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
the necklace<br />
faceted<br />
deep green emeralds<br />
her pale<br />
white skin<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
caught<br />
in his<br />
blindness<br />
he<br />
did not see<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
the face<br />
half<br />
hidden<br />
photograph<br />
torn<br />
<br />
***<br />
</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-OW7suihfehmP7Qj3ZBkjzsmq7wAxoh7T4f5QxvYDCcSNMH6GpAFNy-4zJmgxKR50eHtkN2ht4QOQi3nQWcTm8SK2OAEuYbADf9lRO0Qx-XL9uyhPNYaHSDdXsFv7Yz25wUdqBm_z7s/s1600/no+one+to+know+2010+067.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-OW7suihfehmP7Qj3ZBkjzsmq7wAxoh7T4f5QxvYDCcSNMH6GpAFNy-4zJmgxKR50eHtkN2ht4QOQi3nQWcTm8SK2OAEuYbADf9lRO0Qx-XL9uyhPNYaHSDdXsFv7Yz25wUdqBm_z7s/s400/no+one+to+know+2010+067.jpg" height="400" width="300" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
***<br />
<br />
there<br />
would be<br />
no one<br />
to<br />
know<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
she<br />
always<br />
remembered<br />
with different eyes<br />
she realised the truth<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
memories<br />
casting<br />
their<br />
golden<br />
rays<br />
<br />
***<br />
</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kuzJJuvmIAn_Fp1h7L0LHNFzJ8sY1yri7CmIdeGoTFUneXX2qHuwDbVBu97lCI0REcB8AYQ1Ag0QheSq7Utumyyul1BoDlDferzMR-qZCwn0lN3Xq33Q6b0fcKws8Lyszt0OwClvJcU/s1600/memories2010+356.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kuzJJuvmIAn_Fp1h7L0LHNFzJ8sY1yri7CmIdeGoTFUneXX2qHuwDbVBu97lCI0REcB8AYQ1Ag0QheSq7Utumyyul1BoDlDferzMR-qZCwn0lN3Xq33Q6b0fcKws8Lyszt0OwClvJcU/s400/memories2010+356.jpg" height="306" width="400" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
***<br />
<br />
the<br />
past<br />
holds secrets<br />
every now and then<br />
it lets go of one<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
the voice<br />
seductive<br />
inside the head<br />
yet<br />
so far away<br />
<br />
***<br />
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***<br />
<br />
the<br />
bird<br />
escaped<br />
the<br />
photograph<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
a long time ago<br />
a house<br />
all white<br />
I wandered<br />
from room to room<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
to<br />
wipe<br />
the slate clean<br />
he inhabited<br />
a different world<br />
<br />
***<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
***<br />
<br />
your<br />
mixed up<br />
bag<br />
of<br />
character traits <br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
the tab key<br />
taking her<br />
to the next box <br />
if only she could search<br />
through her mind in this way<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
she looked<br />
at the delete key<br />
on the keyboard<br />
and wondered<br />
if she could delete herself<br />
<br />
***<br />
<br />
</span></div>
gennepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04018211831385587676noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639498863491125209.post-76542488172264498902011-01-14T22:14:00.000+00:002014-03-04T13:39:54.515+00:00tanka and micropoetry by gennepher<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">curious quality</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the dream</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">where all things</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">are possible</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">"Good day Sir"</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">he always</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">said</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the magpies</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">dream</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">lives</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in the tales</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">that are told </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">butterfly</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">within</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">alive</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and fluttering</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the road</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">just</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sat there</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">it didn't take her anywhere</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">she had to do the walking </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">she</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">entertained</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a mind picture</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">then</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">she could understand</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the words</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in my</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">head</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">get tired</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sometimes</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the second hand</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">going</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">round the clock</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">slicing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">fragments of time</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">roses</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">fade</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">but the heart</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">remembers</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">words</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">lamp</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">guiding</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">footsteps</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">stones</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">don't</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">age</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">or</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">wrinkle</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">emptiness</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">stillness</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">perception</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">detachment</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in perpetuity</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">metaphysical</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">discussions</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">far</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">into</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the night</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the mist</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">separated her</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">from herself</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">but sometimes</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">it cleared</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">with writing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the voices</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">grew quieter</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">they</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">became the stories</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">not</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">yet</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">memories</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">but</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">something earlier</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">words</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">slipped</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">off the surface</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of her mind</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">she wanted to read</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">words</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of love</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">not fear</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and worry </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the real</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and unreal</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">slid together</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">as</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">one</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">she was</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">about</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to say something</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">but they went back</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to the place of unsaid words</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">she</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">settled</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">quietly</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">inside</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of herself </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I liked</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">you</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">better</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">when</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I barely knew you</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">mystery</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">me</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div>
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gennepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04018211831385587676noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639498863491125209.post-51606786875569876222010-12-25T06:41:00.003+00:002014-03-04T13:38:09.855+00:00tanka and micropoetry by gennepher<br /><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">in her cloak</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">snowdrops</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">she disappeared effortlessly</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">back into the snow</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">faceted</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">crystal</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">branches</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sparkling</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in the sun </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">outside my window</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in robes of crimson and green</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a bright holly bush</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">wearing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a crown of frost</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">snow</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">on the pavement</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sparkling golden</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in soft orange glow</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of the streetlamp</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">white</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">silence</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">calmly</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">covered the land </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">frost rimmed leaf</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a jewelled</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">necklace</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sparkling</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">gems</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">red berried </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">hawthorn</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">hedgerow</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">cherries</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in a cake</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">tree trunks</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">crystal</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the branches</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">tinkling wind chimes</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">it</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">came</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">so quietly</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the snow</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">falling </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">child</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">stars</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> a</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">point</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of light</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the darkness</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the stars'</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">tapestry</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of light</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in the darkness</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of night</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">indigo curtain</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of night</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">falling gently down</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">pinned by</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">evening star</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in moon's</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">bright</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">light</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">snow glittering</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">twinkling as stars</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">interlinking</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">webs of light</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">across the night sky</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">pinned to the darkness</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">by the stars</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">silver</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">nail-polish</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">twinkled</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">as moon's fingers moved</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">candles</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the night</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">each tipped</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">with a flickering sparkle</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">*** </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sparkling</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">dewdrops</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of every hue</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">stars</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in the fields of heaven</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">origami</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">unfolded</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the dark night</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">folded</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a bright white star</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">*** </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">each</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">night</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the voice sang</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">her</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to sleep</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">stars</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">whispered</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">their</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">song</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">she wrote</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a letter</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">put it under the pillow</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">he never read it</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">but carried it forever</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the lullaby</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">wanting</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">peace</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">offerings</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">both spiritual</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and material</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">are</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">needed </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">inconsequential</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">things</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">remembered</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">clear</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and detailed</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I open</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the doorways</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of the heart</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and lay</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">my ghosts to rest</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">hint</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of something</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">then</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">it was gone</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">tiny</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">red</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">rosebuds</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">framing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the old photograph</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">everything</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I am</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">nothing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I am everywhere</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">christmas</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">card</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the writing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">so faded...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">it </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">can</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">set us free</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">just</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">one dream</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">it</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">is</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">an</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">interesting</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">life</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the invisible bunch of roses</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">not needing jug</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">nor water</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">but they last forever</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in the mind</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">leaves</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the forest</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">pressed</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">between the book pages </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">love</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">woven</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">into the fabric</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">you</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">memories</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">triggered</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">by</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">unexpected</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">things</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">memories</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">casting</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">their</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">golden</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">rays</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">so much</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">when I</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">remember you </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">came out</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the everywhere</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">into </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the here</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">thousand things </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">when I</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">remember you</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">my</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">dreams</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the sun</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">comes out</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">his</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">handwriting</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">old fashioned</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">curly</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and embellished</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">stories</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">need</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">words</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to keep them</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">from dying</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a profusion</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">celestial hues</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sunset</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">where grey sky</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">meets misty moors</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">no beginning, no end</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">dreams</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of what is yet to be</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">layering</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">earth</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">many</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">stories </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">silver</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">birch tree</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">lit the way</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">through the forest</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sun</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">setting</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">oak tree</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">watches</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sparrow</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sings</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">his </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">song</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the sun</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sinking</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">into the ground</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">at the base</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of an old oak tree</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">garden</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">bare</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a bird</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">drops a seed</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">***</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">december</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the old road</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">ends</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the untrodden one</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">begins</span><br />
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