Tag: random musings
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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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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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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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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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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August 24, 2006 11:28 PM EDT --
Dark Thing to Do
Here in the humid black night
I squint as though I can see
Then step on a river rock
And twist tomorrow
© 2006 Jim Ross
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August 29, 2006 03:37 PM EDT --
A Prospector's Wealth
Hopeful hordes packed in
To seek gold in "them thar hills"
Took out what they could
Some with heavy bullion sacks
Some with life long tales to tell
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