November 2012

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Written by: Stephen Bailey

a shadow
of some former self —
falling leaf

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Written by: Stephen Bailey

fall, leaf, fall . . .
nourish the shadows
with colour

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river fog —
the wonders before me
becoming my past

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false start —
an early butterfly
in the storm

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shadow player —
this flickering candle
full of fury

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dappled dawn —
a fledgeling falcon
spreads its wings

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morning breeze —
sunlight trickles from
fresh young leaves

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this same darkness
filling space between stars —
altarwise lamp

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bird-live spring —
in the undergrowth
a gecko barks

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lingering
within dewdrops,
morning light

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starless night —
a morepork measures out
its emptiness

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moonlit valley —
what visions arise now
within shadows?

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shadow dance —
a dragonfly crosses
the sun

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crest of dawn —
sprouting vegetables
break new ground

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dewdrop dawn —
spider webs too rent apart
garments of praise

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woman's curse . . .
the earth brings forth
her losses

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passing through
shape-shifting clouds . . .
paper tigers

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my shadow
stretches beyond me . . .
end of spring

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the cow trough
reflects a leaping frog —
pregnant silence

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thunderstorm —
within this shelter
a poet's voice

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morepork,
chant our leitmotif
through this night

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morepork —
grief's leitmotif weaving
through the night

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by the rippling sea
a girl fades with the sunset -
dark the comet flares

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spring ends —
the sighs of loss
by a stream

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autumn wind . . .
this mea culpa
of falling

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night wind —
sprawling over the city,
endless space

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one mirror
swims within another . . .
moon-filled lake

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desolate beach —
moonlight ripples among
drifting kelp

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nightshade . . .
the efflorescence
of sky

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Written by: Stephen Bailey

blossoms blaspheming rent their garments of praise