Sunday, September 30, 2007,12:17 AM
lone wild flower
lone wild flower
among the overgrown
autumn grass-
reading again
an old letter

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Saturday, September 29, 2007,12:29 AM
her perfume
her perfume
in the night air~
afterthought

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Friday, September 28, 2007,12:54 AM
not knowing
notknowing
not knowing
what will happen~
morning fog

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Thursday, September 27, 2007,12:12 AM
I had them
I had them,
the words that fit
perfectly
but then I see you~
mere words vanish

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Wednesday, September 26, 2007,12:49 AM
pulling out
pulling out
the hearing aid~
silent night

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Tuesday, September 25, 2007,12:32 AM
brightening
brightening
the autumn ground,
harvest moon

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Monday, September 24, 2007,12:10 AM
reading a book
reading a book
of other's tanka
to find my soul
not realizing that
my soul is reading

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Sunday, September 23, 2007,12:43 AM
a lost letter
On our way to yet another Saturday track meet. Same as the last one, it's another hour north of home. The shortest distance to this one, though, sends us up H59. I haven't gone this way for at least fifteen years.
Before I540 was finished, this was the easiest way to anything north. I always enjoyed the drive and the scenery. Not this time.
One curve after another on the two lane road with the speed limit of 55mph. Once we get farther north, we run into line after line of orange barrels, making it even more difficult.
After the meet I'm going to take the extra time to go east until I run into I540 south. I have no desire to go back home on this road.
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a lost letter
found in a wooden box-
faded love

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Saturday, September 22, 2007,12:01 AM
your hands
your hands
the touch of an angel
in the wind
carrying away
my need of vision

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Friday, September 21, 2007,12:47 AM
september dawn
september dawn~
yesterday's problems
melt with the fog

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Thursday, September 20, 2007,12:44 AM
from one cloud
from one cloud
to another it floats~
mood swings

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Wednesday, September 19, 2007,12:01 AM
so many years
somanyyears
so many years
have past by the river
so how
did it come back,
your voice in the sky?

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Tuesday, September 18, 2007,12:03 AM
an empty box
an empty box,
my mind, that used to
hold poetry~
far away sounds
of river boats

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Monday, September 17, 2007,12:48 AM
from one door
from one door
to another door
I walk,
looking for it,
your smile

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Sunday, September 16, 2007,12:29 AM
running
running
running
away from yesterday~
memory loss

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Saturday, September 15, 2007,12:16 AM
genesis
genesis~
rearranging old words
into a new thought

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Friday, September 14, 2007,12:58 AM
I see you
I see you-
knowing that it isn't you
I see you

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Thursday, September 13, 2007,12:32 AM
Tangled in Wisteria
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These aren't the best photos, but this is the final proof of my book. I got it yesterday. I'm going to go over it with a red pen and send it back. It will then be another 4 weeks or so and it will be out!!
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007,12:43 AM
watching you leave
watching you leave,
only a cold breeze with me
tonight-
will I see your face again,
your smile, summer?

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Tuesday, September 11, 2007,12:10 AM
autumn brings me
autumn brings me
to an old tree, looking up
at my tree house
where only pieces are left~
remnants of dreams

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Monday, September 10, 2007,12:17 AM
possum
possum
crawls in the shadows~
moonlight

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Sunday, September 09, 2007,12:52 AM
empty threats
empty threats,
hearing loud thunder
from far away~
after so many years
your words are hollow

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Saturday, September 08, 2007,12:46 AM
bit by bit
bitbybit
bit by bit
my past is lost~
autumn rain

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After we were married 18 years ago, we moved into a "married couple apartment" at the University of Arkansas. We lived there two years while I finished law school.

A friend of mine that lives in Fayetteville e-mailed me this photo today. Our apartment has been wiped out. I don't know what will be built there.

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Friday, September 07, 2007,12:48 AM
your passion
your passion
surrounds the world
outliving you
.
Luciano Pavarotti
1935-2007

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Thursday, September 06, 2007,12:13 AM
trying to
tryingto
trying to
remember her name~
cluttered mind

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Wednesday, September 05, 2007,12:31 AM
walking in the rain
walking in the rain
at night with my umbrella,
multicolor~
its performance is lost
to the sleeping audience

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Tuesday, September 04, 2007,12:26 AM
a yellow leaf
a yellow leaf
slowly floats down
to the ground~
the first nail
in summer's coffin

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Monday, September 03, 2007,12:40 AM
a new life
a new life
added to the world~
labor day
,
(I couldn't help it.)
((happy Labor Day, U.S. and Canada))

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Sunday, September 02, 2007,12:03 AM
the little girl
the little girl
in her oversize tights
tries a pirouette~
more beautiful
than any swan

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Saturday, September 01, 2007,1:06 AM
another august
another august
passes by without Paris~
rainy afternoon

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,12:57 AM
maybe tonight
"maybe tonight"
I said to myself
this afternoon,
but the sunset carries
my thoughts elsewhere

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