How Many Miles?

From the series, Japan Poems.

There is no journey–

Only myths in which we fit

our lust to wander.

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Enigma

From the series, Japan Poems.

Mottling, scars, green,

elements blend, fade, reseed–

Where was I, what, when?

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Way

From the series, Japan Poems.

Every crossing

moves in step with homesickness

for places unknown.

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Focus

From the series, Japan Poems.

The world breaks daily

to reform your perspective–

Vision begets form.

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Edges

From the series, Japan Poems.

Zen, and the art of

postcard from no known sender–

You, too, are passing.

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Wandering

From the series, Japan Poems.

Empty streets beckon

to breed favored solitude

among vagrant dreams.

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Romance

From the series, Japan Poems.

Dilapidation a stunning aphrodisiac

for the soul hopelessly in love

with time’s obscene touch

and lusting after erosion

as a blatant course

of conjugal intimacy.

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Not Basho

From the series, Japan Poems.

The old water pump

remixing Basho’s pond frog

makes a vivid splash.

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Days

From the series, Japan Poems.

Summer day, parched plants–

Kettled filled with cold water

borne by the old man.

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Stairway

From the series, Japan Poems.

It is true, you know–

I fall in love too easily

with the grayday jazz

of blue rustscabbed stairways

entreating vision and lore

to initiate a dream sequence

worthy of ghostly passage

without tracks or due cause.

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