At long last the rain
Lets up. The grey horizion
Arcs into clear blue
Lets up. The grey horizion
Arcs into clear blue
Ninety
29 June 2007
Ruins strewn before me
Sad scraps of celebrations
Remains of dinner
Sad scraps of celebrations
Remains of dinner
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5:02 PM
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Eighty-Nine
28 June 2007
Poking from the earth
As slender as Ohashi
Green asparagus.
As slender as Ohashi
Green asparagus.
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4:55 PM
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Eighty-Eight
27 June 2007
Discarded diamonds
Decorate the low branches
Bedewed spider's webs.
Decorate the low branches
Bedewed spider's webs.
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5:20 AM
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Eighty-Seven
26 June 2007
Strange wet summer world
Purpled globes in the rain
Hydrangea bush
Purpled globes in the rain
Hydrangea bush
posted by Also Lots of Ocelots
6:25 PM
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Eighty-six
25 June 2007
Uncomplicated
Are the pleasures of summer
Cold beer and soybeans
Are the pleasures of summer
Cold beer and soybeans
posted by Also Lots of Ocelots
9:21 AM
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Eighty-Five
24 June 2007
Patient kingfisher
Perched in the myriad green
Summer goes quickly
Perched in the myriad green
Summer goes quickly
posted by Also Lots of Ocelots
8:54 AM
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Eight-Four
23 June 2007
Hot houses force-bloom
Tall-stemmed and whirring flowers
Electric fans spin
Tall-stemmed and whirring flowers
Electric fans spin
posted by Also Lots of Ocelots
8:46 AM
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Eighty-Three
22 June 2007
Laughter as soft light
A sideways smile in sky
Merry summer moon
A sideways smile in sky
Merry summer moon
posted by Also Lots of Ocelots
8:41 AM
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Eighty-Two
21 June 2007
Summer fireworks
Mosquitoes brown bursting swarm
Lower to the ground
Mosquitoes brown bursting swarm
Lower to the ground
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7:55 AM
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Eighty-One
20 June 2007
Black slash on green grass
A soft knife resting lightly
A crow's calling card
A soft knife resting lightly
A crow's calling card
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7:53 AM
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Eighty
19 June 2007
Thirty-six summers
Not too old to turn cartwheels
Feet in the blue sky
Not too old to turn cartwheels
Feet in the blue sky
posted by Also Lots of Ocelots
6:57 PM
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Seventy-Nine
18 June 2007
Looking down one day
not my hands but my mother's
gone veiney and slack
not my hands but my mother's
gone veiney and slack
posted by Also Lots of Ocelots
6:54 PM
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Seventy-Eight
17 June 2007
Here my father lies
Now just memories under
A green patch of grass
Now just memories under
A green patch of grass
posted by Also Lots of Ocelots
5:12 PM
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Seventy-Seven
16 June 2007
Hot silk in summer
Sweating in her kimono
But not complaining
Sweating in her kimono
But not complaining
posted by Also Lots of Ocelots
5:09 PM
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Seventy-Six
15 June 2007
The moss or the breeze
Have no cool summer answers
Both remain silent
Have no cool summer answers
Both remain silent
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5:05 PM
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Seventy-Five
14 June 2007
Pillbugs run away
As I turn over rocks, weeding
My thoughts gone elsewhere
As I turn over rocks, weeding
My thoughts gone elsewhere
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5:04 PM
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Seventy-Four
13 June 2007
Carried through the trees
The small voice of a furin*
Tinktinktinktinktink
*furin are little windchimes with paper windcatchers, usually made of glass or iron. They are very traditional summer thing in Japan. The sound is associated with summer breezes.
The small voice of a furin*
Tinktinktinktinktink
*furin are little windchimes with paper windcatchers, usually made of glass or iron. They are very traditional summer thing in Japan. The sound is associated with summer breezes.
posted by Also Lots of Ocelots
8:06 AM
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Seventy-Three
12 June 2007
Same morning routine
Sudden realization
No toilet paper!
Sudden realization
No toilet paper!
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8:03 AM
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Seventy-Two
11 June 2007
Too old and tired out
No longer barking at crows
My neighbors white dog
No longer barking at crows
My neighbors white dog
posted by Also Lots of Ocelots
7:56 AM
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Seventy-One
10 June 2007
The air before the
Thunderstorm crowds out breezes
Everything pauses
Thunderstorm crowds out breezes
Everything pauses
posted by Also Lots of Ocelots
7:55 AM
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Seventy
09 June 2007
Slow rise of summer
Sun and heat lifting blue skies
Past old memories
Sun and heat lifting blue skies
Past old memories
posted by Also Lots of Ocelots
7:52 AM
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Sixty-Nine
08 June 2007
Travel in night air
Above the dark winding road
The moon through the mist
Above the dark winding road
The moon through the mist
posted by Also Lots of Ocelots
9:43 PM
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Sixty-Eight
07 June 2007
The heat of summer
Everything goes all hazy
Where is my damn hat?
Everything goes all hazy
Where is my damn hat?
posted by Also Lots of Ocelots
11:56 AM
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Sixty-Seven
06 June 2007
Horseflies in the house
Your buzzing conversations
Don't interest me
Your buzzing conversations
Don't interest me
posted by Also Lots of Ocelots
11:53 AM
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Sixty-Six
05 June 2007
My friend walks the beach
Turning over horseshoe crabs
Saving himself, too.
Turning over horseshoe crabs
Saving himself, too.
posted by Also Lots of Ocelots
12:14 PM
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Sixty-Five
04 June 2007
Summertime grammar
Thin green exclamation points
Of rows of wild iris
Thin green exclamation points
Of rows of wild iris
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12:04 PM
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Sixty-Four
03 June 2007
Rabbit-ear iris
Listening for cuckoo calls
Their blue flags waving*
*blue flag (kakitsubata) A type of iris, sometimes called 'rabbit-ear iris' in North America.
Listening for cuckoo calls
Their blue flags waving*
*blue flag (kakitsubata) A type of iris, sometimes called 'rabbit-ear iris' in North America.
posted by Also Lots of Ocelots
12:00 PM
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Sixty-Three
02 June 2007
Fallen bamboo leaves
Littering the garden path
The raking can wait
Littering the garden path
The raking can wait
posted by Also Lots of Ocelots
11:59 AM
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Sixty-Two
01 June 2007
Summertime garden
Something ate my eggplants, so
Takeout for dinner
Something ate my eggplants, so
Takeout for dinner
posted by Also Lots of Ocelots
11:55 AM
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