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member name: 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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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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August 18, 2006 11:51 PM EDT --
Inspired by my friend, Liz, who is learning to fly but who already knows its beauty
Pulling Free
High wings shade keen eyes
Masked behind smoky glasses
While arms tug the yoke
And . . .
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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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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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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 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 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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August 13, 2006 01:35 AM EDT --
The temple business is clear even as the war god Quan Ti is strong and helps Lum find his hard won reward.
Joss House Wall
"My friend Lum passed by--
See here, his name on the board--
He went to . . .
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August 15, 2006 10:08 PM EDT --
Dedicated to every nurse who ever graced our planet.
Always There
What brilliance shines on your benevolence
That makes it clear for one and all to see
On the darkest night, the foggiest . . .
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August 16, 2006 08:02 PM EDT --
A Sand Dune Away
Brackish marsh lies still
Behind the sandy dune mound
Stagnation in green
Salty plants fermenting there
While seagulls peck tiny crabs
© 2006 Jim Ross
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August 19, 2006 04:31 PM EDT --
Twisty Challenge
Candied blue steel waits
Polished to a blinding gleam
On new deep tread tires
For a journey on backroads
That beg to test leaning bikes
© 2006 Jim Ross
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August 22, 2006 11:47 AM EDT --
Space
That which touches all but doesn't care
Supports us all but has no air
No eye to see
No hands to feel
No need to eat
But is so real
It holds the planets
Spins the stars
Gives . . .
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