Tag: life
member name: Jim Ross
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March 03, 2008 09:06 PM EST --
Two times
I see you now
First yearning and growing
Then nourishing the things you touch
With love
Copyright 2008 Jim Ross
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September 05, 2009 04:41 PM EDT --
Morning Breath
A touch of air passes by--
Air as fresh as God can make--
Hastens to be taken in
By a morning reveler--
A recent riser from night’s . . .
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July 19, 2006 11:02 AM EDT --
How deep is the water here? Our scant plumb line is insufficient to give the answer. Here's hoping wit, patience and a well brimming with humility helps.
Insufficient Tools
What could be harder
Than . . .
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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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September 30, 2007 10:05 PM EDT --
The coffee percolated
In a blue enameled pot,
In the darkness of the night
Over coals that glowed red hot.
We sat in dancing shadows
Swapping tales about the drive
That lay three . . .
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October 04, 2007 12:39 PM EDT --
Little girl
At play with pots and cups today;
A cook who puts her plates away—
Joy awhirl!
Little boy
At bat with eyes that strain to catch
The flight of white across the patch—
Swings . . .
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October 28, 2007 03:25 PM EDT --
Hot stones catechize my heart
Only to collide and grind
To sand
Rough motes on a stormy day
Allowed past fabric sentries
To live
Sprinkled as cops breaking feuds
Of . . .
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February 19, 2009 05:07 PM EST --
Tanka Tickler (Tanka Chain)
Tanka time for you
Rhythm without any rhyme
Five lines to display
Fleeting moments of our love
Enjoyed by your scanning eyes
The memory shines
Of . . .
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April 10, 2009 12:56 PM EDT --
P atient Butterfly (Tanka)
Still as death can be,
Unmoved by earthly tremors
Yet pulsing with life
Within its sliver of scope,
Wings spread, just waiting to fly . . .
. . .
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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 27, 2006 01:46 PM EDT --
Overloaded circuits caused by who knows what, starts an evilly musical headache that calls for a long, bare-footed walk . . . and some aspirin.
Interference (two-word challenge...mad bees)
Mad bees cloud . . .
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July 29, 2006 12:27 AM EDT --
A birthday loomed for an ageing friend and I saw the fear in his eyes. Being a questing soul that perhaps couldn't see what he gave others, I wrote this poem for him, hoping it would help. Rest in . . .
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July 29, 2006 03:58 PM EDT --
As slow flight turns into a stall and the farmhouse below turns beneath the silvering prop, my heart and mind race commanding . . .
Spin Me Not
Push the right rudder
As the left wing starts to fall
And . . .
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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 04, 2006 01:27 AM EDT --
There's a place for this poem; the place where I heard sail clasps tinkling against masts, urgent waves slapping hull sides, and the creaking of weathered docks as sailors passed. It shall . . .
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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 15, 2006 08:56 PM EDT --
Rays of Jubilance
All is bright today
With sunshine streaming to you
In gold verity
That joyful spume rides wavecrests
And snow glitters mountain tops
Copyright 2006 Jim Ross
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