Tag: culture
member name: Jim Ross
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September 12, 2006 01:15 AM EDT --
Cake of Cakes
Frosted autumn cake
Made with care by mom's own hands
Is sweeter for it
Copyright 2006 Jim Ross
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July 30, 2006 02:43 PM EDT --
The writer sits and thinks of just one truth to say, finds it, trusts it, hones it so we play. We love the truth when written in that way, raising as it does, the life it took to make it look that way. . . .
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August 24, 2006 10:03 AM EDT --
. . . or anything else you write? The author makes a boo-boo, of course.
I couldn't understand when a particular tanka of mine wasn't getting the hits I thought it should; then I looked . . .
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September 14, 2006 12:45 AM EDT --
Quail's Musical Malady
California quail's
Head for bobbing quarter notes
Caws like a black crow
© 2006 Jim Ross
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July 24, 2006 09:43 AM EDT --
Taking deep breaths of pungent air and ignoring nearby engine growls, life becomes sights, smells, and touches.
Summer Unfolded
The sun warms my ear
While shadows dance in the trees
And blackbirds peck . . .
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July 31, 2006 03:04 PM EDT --
There he was making motorists keep their distance, which was hard since his ancient, overloaded truck weaved as well as jounced down the highway. Definitely an "oy veh!" Monday.
Dodging Produce . . .
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August 01, 2006 12:26 PM EDT --
Ernie Z. published a great article, "Are You Attractive to Others?" that inspired the Tanka here. We all need the answers to the questions his article poses--nature, nurture, or both? I'm . . .
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August 04, 2006 01:14 AM EDT --
As summer continues hot and mesquite scents the night . . .
Candlelight Dinner
Breeze fanned flame dances
For lovers beneath the moon
Who eat and drink night
© 2006 Jim Ross
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August 07, 2006 01:37 AM EDT --
A squirrel fills his hidey hole with food as I fill my notebooks, lest paucity find us wanting to fight our battles.
Pastoral Pit Stop
I search the morning
For life's colors and textures
To stir . . .
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August 09, 2006 01:30 AM EDT --
There were two slatted crates on the fourth story balcony, each with several chickens in it. An odd sight for an American visitor in China, but not as odd as an emerald green rose . . . anywhere--which . . .
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August 16, 2006 12:30 PM EDT --
That Little Button
The sigh was for real
I hit the publish button
Without written words
Or life passions pulsing hard--
Then pressure heated my cheeks
Copyright 2006 Jim Ross
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August 19, 2006 01:17 PM EDT --
Morning Billows
Morning clouds of night
Ominous shadows to love
Lead our eyes to light
As the breeze and cresting sun
Burnishes their gold billows
© 2006 Jim Ross . . .
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August 20, 2006 08:44 PM EDT --
Frosty Hamlet
Hot sparks erupted
When the generator blew
Laying low the town
Now numb under midnight sun
With a polar power freeze
© 2006 Jim Ross
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September 05, 2006 01:10 AM EDT --
Where the Wild Goose Goes?
Canadian geese
In their black and white splendor
Left the lake honking
A cacophanous 'goodbye'
That sounded like 'see you soon'
Copyright . . .
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September 05, 2006 02:15 AM EDT --
Sweat and tears gives way to tourists in a haunting lifestyle change
River Roars Below
Covered bridge of yore
Saw horses, wagons, cars, trucks
Now echoes footsteps
Hosts tank tops . . .
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September 07, 2006 01:15 AM EDT --
Be Kind My Love
My heart can shrivel
With salty words from your lips
Who have sworn to me
A love to last the ages
In peace and tranquility
© 2006 Jim Ross
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September 07, 2006 01:43 AM EDT --
Waiting Heart
Distant crimson flag
A brilliant flickering clue
Told me on the wind
Strong and fresh from the ocean
The horizon's news of you
© 2006 Jim Ross
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September 07, 2006 02:20 AM EDT --
To Be With You Again
When I hold your face
And feel your hair brush my hands
My heart leaps to you
And I pull your lips to mine--
Delicate touch of our love
© 2006 Jim Ross
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September 07, 2006 02:43 AM EDT --
Riverbank Sketch
Tight wild river winds
Grayish clouds scud quickly by
To steel white water
Redwoods bear their tall burden
Of fickle wind and eagles
Copyright 2006 Jim Ross . . .
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September 09, 2006 12:20 AM EDT --
A Matter of Taste
Cat flipped the kibble
With an averted-eye roll
And sauntered away . . .
To return with a scrub jay
Too slow for Cat's autumn prowl
Copyright 2006 Jim Ross
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