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3)   snow-free forest
     this January . . . and yet
     the sycamore




                           1) wind blows through my hair
                              the coldest night of the year
                              new moon overhead



1) across the still lake
   through upcurls of morning mist
   the cry of a loon



                           4) ten thousand things
                              done and undone
                              the tea steams




2)     bang! robin feathers
       stuck to the frosty window
       -- just the cat's tail moves



                           9) Bands of frost remain
                              in the shadows of fence posts;
                              wait -- shifting sun.



10) these frozen fields
    not even
    corn-growing sounds




                           7) On the lake
                              a loon is calling
                              long distance



13)    first snow . . .
       the children's hangers
       clatter in the closet




                         13)    moon in the window --
                                the desk lamp's brass pull cord
                                still swinging





9) A bloody moon,
    low
    in the rearview mirror.




                           3)  even by headlight
                               Washington cherry blossoms
                               swell the heart




8)     Images of Tokyo in April


        People walk and speak
        under cherry blossoms near
        silent Budo-kan

        homeless man in red
        leather coat asks me questions
        in soft Japanese

        mothers in grey coats
        laugh, catch falling blossoms then
        trip, giggle with joy




9) Trembling blossoms --
    the first burst on a bare tree.




                             3)   wisteria vines
                                  killing all they touch
                                  so beautifully




9) Low morning sun
    and one swan
    on the dewy grass.





                            9) Blackbird,
                               probing amongst the violets
                               reaps a worm.





4)        the sprinkler
          chic-chic-chic
          rainbows dance




                            12)    drought
                                   cracked mud
                                   curls


12) supinate priest
    not praying - just
    checking for rain



                              13)  first drops of rain --
                                       puffs of dust
                                   rise from the ground




                     5) atop the USS Arizona anchor
                        mother and baby doves
                        nesting





4)  distant thunder
    stroboscopic lightning
    shadow at the window





                           4) the broken dolls floats
                              face-down in the road-side ditch
                              the water is still



12) frightened squirrel
    flicking its tail
    to rally itself




                                5) rush hour --
                                   jewels of red and white
                                   through train window


12) before laughing
    her eyes open
    or sometimes close




                                6) anniversary dinner--
                                   aging most gracefully
                                   the wine



11)  an old fisherman
     slowly rubs his hands --
     the trembling pier




                                  10) prairie homesteader
                                      lies beneath his
                                      last quarter acre





1) Mick Burglass {MBurglass@aol.com}
2)     rhahn@u.washington.edu
3) Gary Warner  {GLWARNER@SAMFORD}
4) William C. Burns, Jr. {BURNSWCB@gvltec.gvltec.edu}
5) Tom Frenkel {frenkel@cucis.cis.columbia.edu}
6) Zane Parks {70372.3255@compuserve.com}
    anniversary dinner -- Parnassus Literary Journal 18:3 (1994).
7) Don Russell c/o Brian Peasey {bpeasey@ctesl.rhesys.mb.ca}
8) Peter Corless {pcorless@cisco.com}
9) Andreas Schoter {asch@cogsci.ed.ac.uk}
10) Charles Trumbull {TrumbullC@aol.com}
11) Jenniffer Lesh {jlesh@cello.gina.calstate.edu}
12) Chris Erickson {Christopher.Erickson@MSdisk.WUstl.EDU}
13) Michael Dylan Welch {WelchM@aol.com}
     moon in the window -- Modern Haiku Vol. XXV, No. 2 Summer 1994
     first snow -- Woodnotes #23, Winter 1994
     first drops of rain -- Mayfly #18, Oct 1994

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