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My 7 Recommended Books

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My 7 Recommended Books

Long ago there was something called the #7BookCoverChallenge, intended to help promote a culture of reading. “To participate, post a photograph of the…

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“Spring”

Because I long for them Yoshino’s blossoms in the shimmering haze reflections scatter and sway spring flows onward Reply poem: In the spring rain my heart is in disarray— in…

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A Seasonal Almanac

Turning the pages of a seasonal almanac— a late night of falling leaves. Now, silence; mountains lie darkly recumbent.

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The Assassin’s Eyes

Because I awakenfrom the drowsiness of a midday dream,there stands Magritte,the assassin’s shadow. In the lashing rain you stand motionless; leaves of words fluttering, flutt…