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Posted on July 26, 2013

Clematis, Heart Haiku

halfway up the wall
clematis, purple, waves
and catches the rain

out of silence
the heart rises, stirs
opens the eyes

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Posted on May 16, 2012

Descending Into Silence

the eye turns inward
grass rises, luminous, soft as spring
the mouth closes
the heart
— hearing
opens

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