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Subject: Re: Zen Poetry

Author:
Slavica Blagojevic (haiku)

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Date Posted: Thu, Jan 15 2009, 20:41:22
In reply to: Stephen Collicoat 's message, "Zen Poetry" on Tue, May 31 2005, 8:54:17

>
>powdered dust
>the dying lawn
>
>
>tiny fish dart
>above
>shadow shoals
>
>
>this day of peace
>I fight despair
>
>
>the blackbird
>warns encroachers
>in a song
>
>
>the kitten curls
>to basket's shape
>
>
>faded photograph
>only eyes
>and lips remain
>
>
>the balloon pops
>her shriek dies
>
>
>his voice
>muffled in
>the pending tray
>
>
>curled leaves
>set forth
>across the pond
>
>
>the tractor roars
>tugs aimless boat
>onto the shore
>
>
>she casts away the quilt
>I shiver
>in the night
>
>
>rain taunts
>with scattered drops
>
>
>empty verandah
>grey boards creak
>at my approach
>
>
>she pays
>then talks
>about her pain
>
>
>endorsed at last
>he clutches
>his degree
>
>
>I mow
>buttercups fly
>into death
>
>
>solar lights
>ache
>for sun's return
>
>
>crumpled petals
>roses die
>
>
>tightening her grip
>she grasps
>my empty air
>
>
>she breaks off
>advocating equality
>to scold the maid
>
>
>sometime soon
>I'll arise
>my legs lie dead
>
>
>he jabs with jokes
>here comes
>a killer line
>
>
>family Christmas
>excrutiating cheer
>
>
>the meal ends
>guests narrowly watch
>the folded bill
>
>
>grateful to be alone
>her postcards wish
>our company
>
>
>she glances through his life
>then bins
>his application
>
>
>I gather wood
>by the hollow tree
>bees murmur strategy
>
>
>she inserts shrewd questions
>into conversation
>like wedges in a log
>
>
>stallion
>galloping
>rain streaming from his back
>
>
>news of another atrocity
>I tune in
>to the mountains
>
>
>the cat arranges baby birds
>each morning
>on the mat
>
>
>she laughs
>in another room
>I writhe in jealousy
>
>
>night cats
>spit curses
>
>
>each morning
>his anxious face
>peers back
>
>
>she leaves
>the phone sulks
>
>
>retrenched
>his suits hang
>unconsulted
>
>
>laughter shrinks
>she moves away
>
>
>I write of love
>she corrects
>my grammar
>
>
>take your time
>he orders
>impatiently
>
>
>I'll call
>he promises
>then slinks away
>
>
>avidly confessing sins
>only his twin
>has done
>
>
>I bury my parents in a wood
>ghosts remain at home
>
>
>each day counting blessings
>assuring himself
>he's still alive
>
>
>the fox barks in the night
>I phone reception
>for a wake-up call
>
>
>unnoticed
>the old woman
>skips across the path
>
>
>savagely thrusting
>his car in gear
>shocked face shrinks
>
>
>I crumple
>a useless afternoon
>tossing it away
>
>
>they'll miss me
>at the party
>no, they won't
>
>
>forgetting his argument
>he prays
>for interruption
>
>
>candles flicker
>on the terrace
>a waiter sets the table
>
>
>there
>there
>anywhere
>no, not there
>well, I ask you
>
>toy racing car driver
>snarl moulded
>into tin
>
>
>wild geese
>beating sky
>
>
>three days' rain
>the frogs'
>deafening joy
>
>
>dark garden
>a cricket's song
>
>
>the mountain basks in sun
>we shiver
>on the plains
>
>
>the sunday lilies
>of my youth
>
>
>crumpled party dresses
>spring
>has left the garden
>
>
>sighing at
>the severity of her diet
>she butters a croissant
>
>frozen smoke
>of apple blossom
>
>
>two cats
>describe their rival's
>ancestry
>
>the wheezing rage
>of a fox's bark
>
>last night
>the dead rang
>to wish us well
>
>I shrink in a lighted house
>Dark freedom
>Stirs beyond

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