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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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
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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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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 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 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 10, 2006 05:35 PM EDT --
Sun Blessed Bowl
Summer's vessel gorged
Autumn's bowl begins to fill
With yellow and red
Light, late seen and early gone
Golden rays touch larders packed
© 2006 Jim Ross . . .
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September 10, 2006 09:53 PM EDT --
Sunset by the Sea
Wind mussed silv'ry hair
Tinged gold by autumn gloaming,
Dances while your eyes
Laugh, and sparkle as you clap
Your glee by the cresting sea
© 2006 Jim . . .
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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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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 09, 2006 02:27 PM EDT --
I'm amazed at the myriad places gifts come from, not the least of which from this anonymous oak in the Sierra foothills.
An Oak Tree's Gift
Two green acorns nestled
In three oak leaves
Now fallen . . .
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August 10, 2006 09:34 AM EDT --
Nothing like new blades of grass and a cloudless sky to cheer a soul--even if it is hot!
Summery Soul
Powder blue heaven
Above emerald toe-ticklers
Widen her gray eyes
© 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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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'
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September 09, 2006 01:33 PM EDT --
Clearly Tanka
Every syllable
A note of your vision's song
Of cold morning fog
Of flowers straining for light
That makes your heart leap for joy
© 2006 Jim Ross
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August 06, 2006 01:29 AM EDT --
My thanks to Lewis Carroll's funky feline for this one.
Time to Go . . . Where?
A Cheshire Cat grinning wide astride a branch,
Winked an eye and blinked, besides--
Ever so slowly, sly.
With both . . .
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August 06, 2006 02:53 PM EDT --
A nocturnal read leads to a missing person and a problem; how do I get her to bed?
Misplaced Slumber
Creeping
Over wood floors
Sliding in hissing socks
She awaits with glasses askew
Snoring
© Jim . . .
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