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Thanks for the read
and the suggestions, Sailor.
I appreciate both.

aquatic snails
cling to slick rock
as their oracles
predict
the eclipsing shadows
of passing trout

I had hoped to get to this before
the holidays, but now it's time to decorate.
Maybe after the New Year.

Beneath that cog another broke, a wheel spun free and missed a stroke. Our love entire, though God had spoke, began to grind and give off smoke. With hearts ablaze, a funeral pyre, and no alarm to fight the fire. Languid complaint, as Nero's lyre, we stood and watched the blazing bier. Prodding embe...

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a Polish ghetto
death's great mouth opens on the
street of crocodiles

Very vivid picture,
good work!

I like it very much,
I like short and to the point.
I liked the form and the
sound of it out loud.
WB

Very nice, Moonflower,
They say all Britain is
white with snow.
None here in the Eastern Mojave.
Hope you have a wonderful New Year,
WB

I grasp my shovel
snows deep drift covers the fence
summer's balm erased

If I wasn't a Scot,
I would take umbrage sir.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Happy New Year
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Of Every Sort
To One and All
I hope that each of
you has a life that is an
unfinished symphony!
Wayne

Oh India
The Eternal
Mother of the World

Birthplace
Of the spirit
Of the multitude of God

Clothed
In color
And the fabric of time

A past
At once
Alive and shattered

The present
A crush
Of humanity and inhumanity

A future
Amalgamated
Of hope and despair

Oh India
Mother of the World

A stifled sob
a sleet wet dog
a sprig of wilted green

An unused smile
an untied bow
an empty house between