October 2017
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- Written by: Stephen Bailey
autumn sunset
before the siren
the flash of lights
deeper into night
a bedside vigil
leg twitches
the ragged snores
of an old hound
a breath of wind escapes
the sanctuary of light
Clayton Beach / Hansha Teki
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- Written by: Stephen Bailey
golden midges
circle in and out
of existence
around the moon
a halo widens
mackerel skin
patterns in the wet sand
become strato cirrus
the familiar becomes
the imprint of dreams
Clayton Beach / Hansha Teki
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moon glimpses—
death seems not so far
out of reach
dust blows around me
an ancient sea bed
the mogul
is hitting
rock bottom
traceries of a mosque
in the parhelion
Hansha Teki / Clayton Beach
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- Written by: Stephen Bailey
The Flying Pope meets Neon Buddha
the flying pope
and the neon buddha
back to back
in his quiet moments
the flying pope becomes
a neon buddha
killing
a neon buddha
the flying pope
attainable
only through the flying pope
neon buddha-hood
stripped of kigo
the neon buddha becomes
a flying pope
from time to time
the flying pope circles
the neon buddha
the pope flying
a neon buddha
at half mast
flying in the face of reason
the pope's neon buddha-hood
into a grain of sand
the flying pope projects
a neon buddha
the flying pope
with outstretched arms
to the neon buddha