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Tag Archives: niigata
Rites
From the series, Japan Poems Down by the river, a boy and his grandfather– Soft grass grows through stone.
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Tagged boy, family, grandfather, grass, haiku, japan, niigata, poem, river, shinano river, stone
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Seasons
From the series, Japan Poems Street festival, June, summer kimonos in bloom– Autumn waits its turn.
Umbrella
From the series, Japan Poems Eternity found in grains of sand, scoured by sea– Pairing, without qualms.
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Tagged beach, eternity, haiku, japan, moments in time, niigata, pairing, poem, portrait, sea of japan, umbrella
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Respite
From the series, Japan Poems Fleeting intervals where a pause is magnified to widen one’s berth.
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Tagged mother, niigata, pause, poem, portrait, street festival
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Give Us This Day
From the series, Japan Poems. In lieu of the Last Supper, I give you Lunch at the Ramen Shop, each man a disciple unto his own appetite to savor the slow heaven of noodles in pews of intimate congregation.
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Tagged japan, lunch, niigata, poem, Poetry, portrait, ramen, ramen shop
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Going
From the series, Japan Poems. In spaces between, we are supported to dream– Distance knows no bounds.
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Tagged clouds, dream, ferry, japan, niigata, poem, sado island, ship, sky, space
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Voyage
From the series, Japan Poems In reality every ship a ghost ship passing between lives.
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Tagged ferry, japan, niigata, poem, portrait, sado island, sea, ship, voyage
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Berth
From the series, Japan Poems. Repose commingled with distance is the dreamer’s stillest means to cargoless departure.
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Tagged dreamers, farmers, japan, niigata, park, Poetry, portrait, river, still life
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Measure
From the series, Japan Poems. We all must take it, the long slow measured walk home– Be kind in passing.
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Tagged compassion, home, japan, niigata, poem, Poetry, portrait
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Corner
From the series, Japan Poems. Slices of lives quartered and drawn into fugitive impressions and fleeting spells, the footfalls of strangers passing, of ghosts echoing blurs of transit among street corner edges– In a world of ceaseless turning, distance quickens … Continue reading
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Tagged japan, niigata, poem, Poetry, portrait, street corner, street photography
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