Monday, January 08, 2007

Six Winter Moments




1. Winter Bloom
The loud underbelly of a plane
touches my face
as a blossom blooms next to me

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2. Gruyères
Yearning for meaning in the winter's passing
comes alive like a thousand candles
when the sadness of the chateau is reflected in the light

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3. Morning Prayer
One by one, all doors are shut
as the fish looks out the window
and remembers the summer lagoon

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4. An Evening Unspent Working

How will the hawk afford the price of tears
for the satisfaction of the meal
when the pray sacrifices itself?

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5. Rewrites
in the planes of wilderness the old man fades
as the child duty-bound
is raking coals of unrepentant summers past

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6. Bulle
an island in the middle of the river
reflects the winter stillness
just for the only moment I saw it