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damn the torpedoes

pass the peas, pass the gravy

put away the tears

 

When you've been out there all day

 

put away the tears

hearth and home, return to calm

comfort in repose...

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When you've been out there all day

 

put away the tears

hearth and home, return to calm

comfort in repose...

comfort in repose

gather up all loose pages

bind them, call it 'book' ...

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comfort in repose

gather up all loose pages

bind them, call it 'book' ...

 

bind them, call it 'book' ...

just now in from walkabout

checking birdbook

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bind them, call it 'book' ...

just now in from walkabout

checking birdbook

 

Missed a syllable Trail...

 

Checking the birdbook:

leather bound, aquatint leaves:

a hymn to the dead

 

 

OR

 

 

Checking the birdbook

Leather bound, dark and heavy:

a tomb for the dead

 

John James Audubon and his book Birds of America. All of the over 400 birds pictured in it's were first shot and mounted, then painted from 'life'.

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Checking the birdbook:

leather bound, aquatint leaves:

a hymn to the dead

 

A hymn to the Dead

Jerry Garcia plays on

at the Mars Hotel

Edited by MudLotus

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at the Mars Hotel

echoes, Garcia/Hunter

still water ripples

 

 

 

still water ripples:

paradox, not paradox-

ripples, water, still...

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still water ripples:

paradox, not paradox-

ripples, water, still...

(hey Paul, do you really have to make it so tough for other Haiku (wannabe) aficionados to follow on?) :lol:

 

 

ripples, water, still...

'neath the earth, ever swirling

chaotic balance...

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(hey Paul, do you really have to make it so tough for other Haiku (wannabe) aficionados to follow on?) :lol:

 

 

ripples, water, still...

'neath the earth, ever swirling

chaotic balance...

 

chaotic balance...

weigh out some new potatoes?

it's just bananas.

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chaotic balance...

weigh out some new potatoes?

it's just bananas.

 

 

"It's just bananas!"

Too scared to peel back the skin,

I ponder these words...

 

 

 

In the late 90's there was an internet hoax claiming bananas from Costa Rica were carrying a bacteria that would eat your flesh.

Edited by paul walter

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"It's just bananas!"

Too scared to peel back the skin,

I ponder these words...

 

 

I ponder these words...

fistula, basket, lemon,

Don't know why, just do.

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I ponder these words...

fistula, basket, lemon,

Don't know why, just do.

 

Don't know why, just do.

Profundity of each word...

makes good grist for thought

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Don't know why, just do.

Profundity of each word...

makes good grist for thought

 

makes good grist for thought

as does dragonfly, floating

drop of air in sky

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makes good grist for thought

as does dragonfly, floating

drop of air in sky

 

drop of air in sky

airborne soundless descent

a sudden presence

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drop of air in sky

airborne soundless descent

a sudden presence

 

a sudden presence

basking in the autumn sun

reeds clatter and bend

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reeds clatter and bend

rustling bulrushes await

deep snows of Winter

 

 

deep snows of winter

all spring long rush towards a

tea cup in Thailand

 

 

 

Tibet to Thailand river system.

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tea cup in Thailand

poetry in porcelain

temple gongs beckon

 

temple gongs beckon

while my gong is incomplete

half empty of sound.

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half empty of sound

left to imagination

chi will amplify

 

 

 

Chi will amplify,

gods will be met, spirits seen.

My stomach rumbles...

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temple gongs beckon

while my gong is incomplete

half empty of sound.

 

half empty of sound

half empty of life, I sit

waking to a dream

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half empty of sound

half empty of life, I sit

waking to a dream

 

waking to a dream

stomach rumbling, empty dream

dreams and memory

 

(partial patch of incomplete gong sound)

Edited by Mark Foote

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waking to a dream

stomach rumbling, empty dream

dreams and memory

 

 

 

dreams and memory

you must forget those nightmares

let the monsters sleep.

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