December 2012

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Written by: Stephen Bailey

advent dawn —
an apparition of light
colours each breath

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Written by: Stephen Bailey

sound of rain . . .
the distant silence
rests within

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star stream . . .
night exhales
its breath

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restless dream . . .
silence rumbles in
from dead stars

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at prayer —
a brooding dove
waits within

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advent dawn —
over shadows
a dove broods

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pre-dawn chill . . .
backwash from night's flotilla
of dreams

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before dawn
this revenant breaks wind
in sullen rapture

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trembling
after the fall —
fig leaves

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restless waves —
tidal debris drifts
through my dreams

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dying year . . .
blackbirds sing
off key

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Written by: Stephen Bailey

olive grove —
silence oozes out
from silence

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summer breeze . . .
a dead butterfly
takes flight

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dawn —
the final refrain
of mystery

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late instar —
a chrysalis bursts
at the seams

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wordless day . . .
my shadow moves
around me

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fading mist —
tourist faces merge
with their plane

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mowing lawns . . .
a fantail twitters
between the sounds

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autumnal dream . . .
a motorcycle fades
into the sunset

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riding away
on a rocking-horse winner . . .
the setting sun

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transforming
day after day . . .
ancient rocks

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take lessons
from the weeping willow —
summer storm

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stretching beyond
the tug of wind and tide —
an albatross

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western wind —
what bird rummages through
the ruins now?

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setting sun —
an alley cat sprays
at the moon

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summer heat —
fevered syllables
pound the earth

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Mount Taranaki
even mistier than
my coffee cup

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lovers' leap —
tadpoles flick through
water sounds

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midsummer night —
a child's laughter bubbles
through the stillness

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Written by: Stephen Bailey

chill silence —
star after star seeps
into the night