Category: Poetry
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Laying-on Paint
Laying-on Paint background musicto start – sonatas forviolin and guitar canvas preparedrough draft ofvision laid down paints on palateessential colorsmixed and ready brush-tip drips colorlaid on canvas andshapes are rendered with patient strokesor dabbed and scrapedwith palette knife bold music changes assessions fly bypainting completed in many winks ofthe eye – studiedthis playful vision rendered…
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Like A Rock
Like A Rockby Bob Seger Stood there boldlySweatin’, in the sunFelt like a millionFelt like number oneThe height of summerI’d never felt that strongLike a rock I was eighteenDidn’t have a careWorking for peanutsNot a dime to spareBut I was lean andSolid everywhereLike a rock My hands were steadyMy eyes were clear and brightMy walk…
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Bonsai
Bonsai Miniature treesTrained and pruned with a simpleTree-ness plainly seen Ornamental shrubsTrained and pruned to look like treesSerenity hums A simple imageForms in a receptive mindCalms the storms inside –LE These Bonsai were on display at the Franklin Conservatory in Columbus, OH… Pictures were taken with my Galaxy 5G phone. –LE
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Water Reclamation
Two types of water reclamation in Tucson, Solar and Wetlands… Solar Water Reclamation Sparklingreclaimed waterslowly flows northin the edge ofthe otherwisedry lowerSanta Cruzthen to theGila and eventuallythe Colorado sun glares offacres ofsolar arraypoweringthe reclaimingengines disgorging thereclaimedreconstitutedamniotic fluidof life as predatorand preyobserve fromshadow-gorgedhidey-holes andshade-camouflagedcreviced walls and I stareat the arraywonderinghow it gotthis way dry riverbedspoisoned blue…
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Pandora’s …
Pandora’s Box Pandora’s boxOnly filled withBagels and loxSwimming inChaos dustBut the boxHas no lockWhat the While back at itsSprawling cageThe parakeet chirpsAnd the dog barksWith no reasonNor rhyme…Chirp bark chirp barkChirp chirp bark barkOnly ceases inPandora’s chaos dark Boycott ImmoralityOh! such banalityOn whose moralsDoes the boycott hingeYou, me, perhaps LokiWhims of Norse or GreeksDon’t worry,…
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A Morning Meditation
In My Morning Seat sitting meditatingmorning dovesoutside my windowhoo-hoo-hoooohoo-hoo-hoooowho-who-whooooo sitting meditatingtraffic cacophonya few streets awaybackground staticthrough wind chimesimminent rain signs bathe sunbaked groundswildflowers bloombeside cactus spineshillside climbs can stillhear the chimes resonatingsitting meditating –LE
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Iaido Meditation
Iaido Meditation eyebrows growing outdroop past nose and chinshakuhachi notesswirling in the wind bird song behindwater droplets fallingreflecting-pool rippleswhile koi blow bubbles single cut with myquick Iaido bladesevers blossomand stem silk scarf pared intwo as it slides downthe razor edge of mykatana’s molten soul intention and actionare one already flowingin the instant ofconception. –LE
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Zen Garden – Three Of The Multitudes Of Variations
Gravel rocks and sandPrimaries for zen gardensRaked to ease the mind –LE
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The Air That I Breathe
The Air That I Breatheby The Hollies Lyrics If I could make a wishI think I’d passCan’t think of anything I needNo cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no soundNothing to eat, no books to read Making love with youHas left me peaceful, warm, and tiredWhat more could I askThere’s nothing left to be desiredPeace came…
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January Rose
January Rose January roseOne of two amid the thornsStrong scent fills my nose The thorny bush bloomsIn Tucson’s mid-winter chillTwo pink buds unfurl Pink bud on displayA sweet scent, all pervadingThe rosebud opened –LE – 1/13/26
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