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Post by Date Saburou Yukiie on Nov 9, 2009 9:34:29 GMT -5
I can't even say
how much I long to make toasts
with all of my friends.
Pouring a cup of sake
sharing the wonderful tales
(it seems I cannot even find a few minutes consecutively during the month to participate in a challenge of this sort...gomen)
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Nov 9, 2009 12:49:35 GMT -5
11/9/09
Heat rises and soothes
As I gaze down into the
Warmth cupped in my hands.
Though life is fraught with problems
A bowl of tea solves a few.
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Post by Please Delete on Nov 9, 2009 13:48:19 GMT -5
Musical noises
From outside the bedchamber
Drift throughout the halls;
Oh, to join those musicians
In their midnight revelry!
(We just got Rock Band 2...)
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Post by inume on Nov 9, 2009 17:16:22 GMT -5
I feel for the horse,
But I spare him not my spurs.
Cruel distance is closing
Soon I will be in your arms!
I came as fast as I could.
(I was away from my wife all day yesterday and today - it felt good to get home!)
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Post by Please Delete on Nov 10, 2009 8:48:12 GMT -5
In trickles and drabs
Inspiration seems to come
But just fits and starts;
The night may be moonlight clear,
Yet lays a fog in my mind.
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Post by Date Saburou Yukiie on Nov 10, 2009 16:47:24 GMT -5
Marine Corps Birthday Ball
Steak and Lobster share one plate,
Cake cut with saber...
Oldest, Youngest - Solemn words
Hoist glasses to those who serve.
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Post by inume on Nov 10, 2009 17:43:03 GMT -5
To our warriors!
Those who serve and have fallen -
You are in our hearts.
May those on patrol come home,
Those that don't, be remembered.
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Nov 10, 2009 18:52:24 GMT -5
11/10/09
Merciless shears clack,
Lopping helpless branches off
In verdant carnage.
Had I such gardeners, it
Would be they who would suffer.
(The so-called landscape "design" service my employer uses are butchers. Those poor, poor trees....)
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Post by Please Delete on Nov 11, 2009 10:01:33 GMT -5
For all those who served
their country, their family,
and also their friends,
Gratefully we raise a glass
For all that they have given.
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Post by inume on Nov 11, 2009 12:28:34 GMT -5
White hair, thin skin hands;
I wear my poppy for them.
I watch them shuffle
And think of how strong they were,
Back in their sharp uniforms.
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Nov 11, 2009 18:21:25 GMT -5
11/11/09
Milky bay mimics
A sky leached of all color,
Waves a dull shimmer.
The only sounds are the cries
Of sea birds and lapping waves.
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Post by takadainotora on Nov 12, 2009 9:22:36 GMT -5
Banded dawn today
Coral and blue, hints of rain.
Is it just a tease
or will clouds stay and bless us
with even a little rain?
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Post by Please Delete on Nov 12, 2009 10:59:22 GMT -5
Beyond the garden
Merchants roast their salt grilled fish
Upon dirty coals.
Does that wind-blown kitchen smoke
presage the burning salt fires?
(We head to the beach tomorrow. Yay!)
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Post by Please Delete on Nov 12, 2009 17:15:54 GMT -5
Before the cock crows
At the gates of the great court
Officials gather;
Except for those now staying
At the Sumiyoshi beach.
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Post by inume on Nov 12, 2009 21:55:47 GMT -5
Strong wind and bird cries
Waves pack the sand perfect and smooth
Path of shattered shells
How odd that everyone went
To see the water today.
(We took a stroll along the shore of Lake Ontario today)
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