Magnolia Haiga

Precocious Series #2
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starry magnolia
gentle quince and plum tree
car honks to wake me

We Are The Ones Song by will.i.am

Cat Friday

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Petal Haiga

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it's snowing petals
white angel wings of paper
the jet leaves a trail

Keep Calm and Carry On

i end up with a lot of things i think i want, and then it turns out that the the thing i really wanted is to acquire things.
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Poppy Poem

Iceland Poppy
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on my way to get coffee
I examine this flower
growing beside the sidewalk

the air is clear
sky blue
a hint of flame

Backyard Haiga

My Backyard
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look at the blue sky
and plum blossoms stretching there
like laundry drying

Calla Haiga

Calla Series #27
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curled white spathe
lone calla in the sun
it's still winter

Flower Storm

Flower Storm #2
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When did the Weather Channel
become the predictor of catastrophe?
once
it was the moment
of

peace
between international
or local bloodshed
and sports
radar
graphics
the occasional cartoon figure
awe for the lunar eclipse
and scientific warnings
don't look
at the sun
it's bad for your eyes

now every rain is
the storm of the century
every week without rain is
the beginning of
a hundred year drought
and after a few hours of
whatever
the whole world is wondering
when will it ever end?

today the wind blew
plum blossoms to the ground

Iceland Is Warm At Heart #2

Iceland Is Warm At Heart #2
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Between Storms

Between Storms
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bright blue between roofs
sky and clouds chase moods
crushed petals underfoot

Cat Friday

Askew
Originally uploaded by vajra.

Quickly

How quickly
some weary of rain
after only one day
they sigh for sun
and mourn and curse the fine
surrounding mist

I
however
love the wet air and gray skies
as only one raised
in a desert
can

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Ready For My Closeup
Originally uploaded by vajra.

when I go walking
from time to time

actually
every
day

I encounter dogs
their innocent hidden puppiness
all soft tongue and and happy tail

my secret prayer:
please
follow
me
home

Rainy Day Haiga

So Simple
Originally uploaded by vajra.

daisy in the grass
memory of sunflowers
I miss Gertrude Stein

Century Plant #5

Century Plant #5
Originally uploaded by vajra.

looking for blossoms
leather leaves fill with water
a hundred year wait

That Pounding

Today's Camellia #2
Originally uploaded by vajra.

I hear you when you call me
bitch or ho
I hear you when you say you're
going to smack me down
I hear you when you say
You can run around
and be a dog cuz' I'm
a bitch or ho

I hear you when you say
I disrespected you
I hear you when you say
I deserved what you gave
and you're going to give me more
I hear you when you say
baby baby papa maybe cuz' I'm
a bitch or a ho

I hear you but I'm walking away
There's nothing that you give
that I can't get from
a battery operated
dick
and by the way
I'm not your bitch

bitch

Cole's Rose

Paperwhite

Narcissus #2
Originally uploaded by vajra.

O fragile!
O fragrant!
brief narcissus gazing
into the mirror of
his tears

Papaver #9

Papaver #9

Disturbed after years of
waiting
sheets of tissue torn or folded fragile
tolerant
translucent
thin

lie beside me dormant
as Demeter
awaits Persephone's return
Or one born mute
drinks ink to form a word

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Cat Friday

Kitty At 12:00

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Exquisite

Publish Post

white flower presents
valentine opportunity
o thief of my heart

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Symmetry

Grand Façade
Originally uploaded by vajra.

purposeful repetition
politely restrained and
elegant
the broad sidewalks
give the building
and
me
room to breathe
as I walk past
I think of Paris

la Belle

Forgetting

page after page of drawings
lost
unable to
cannot be

retrieved memories carefully stored
some
where
I have forgotten

they still exist
but no longer
available
except as a trace

a palimpsest
or pentimento
literal layers of negative
space

in my heart
my mind
released or chased
away

Opportunity

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Agave Haiga

Agave #2
Originally uploaded by vajra.

the leathery agave
stretched and dry in winter
waiting for August

No We Can't

Early Magnolia

Early Magnolia

unexpected sun
blue and white sky ablaze
false Spring awakes

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Worth Seeing Again

Flowering Plum

Flowering Plum
Originally uploaded by vajra.

above my head
outlined in blue
pink plum in blossom

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No Coast Between

No Coast Between

Imagining spaces between us
a border of intention where we pause
as if at the end
of the page
or margins where we brush against
emptiness
with notes that will never be read
or the verge before we step
delicately into
each other

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Cat Friday

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Rockridge Afternoon

the young blues musician
and the baby in the pink hood
two dogs one large one small
and two little girls on the red leather couch
sharp and precise background
for my cup of coffee

Rockridge Afternoon

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Iceland Poppy #4

suddenly the single red poppy
upright beside the sidewalk
reveals
despite an apparent simplicity
a lush beauty


bite a petal and your heart explodes like
paper flowers
in a stream

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Always Green #3
Originally uploaded by vajra.

tenacious leaves
curve in for comfort
sun is elsewhere

I Want YOU

I Want YOU

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It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.

Yes we can.

It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.

Yes we can.

It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.

Yes we can.

It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballots; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land.

Yes we can to justice and equality.

Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.

Yes we can heal this nation.

Yes we can repair this world.

Yes we can.

We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.

We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics...they will only grow louder and more dissonant ........... We've been asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.

But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.

Now the hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we will remember that there is something happening in America; that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation; and together, we will begin the next great chapter in the American story with three words that will ring from coast to coast; from sea to shining sea --

Yes. We. Can.

I Voted

I've voted in every election since I was old enough to do so. I cannot fathom why so many people feel that it's a burden or are so disengaged that they can't be bothered. I feel completely energised when I go to the polls (No absentee ballots for me: my polling place is one block away: no excuses).

I cast my ballot for Barack. I hope I'll cast a similar ballot in November.
We can do it.

Yes, We Can

A vote for Barack Obama is a vote for tomorrow!
I'm heading out to vote right now. I'm voting for change, for a new vision, for hope. A vote for Barack Obama is a vot for tomorrow!
Yes we can...

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Upon Reflection

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light falling through glass
incandescent brilliance
time to dust the table

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Camellia In a Rainstorm #3

Weather is changing
I can feel it
Under the rain and freeze the roots move
The bud pushes against the tender skin
Petals have not unfurled they hold
Tight like furry paws
Waiting for a few warm days
Or the light from
A distant star

Camellia In a Rainstorm #3
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Jasmine

only a fragrance
permeates the tea leaves
while the kettle screams

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Red Camellia

Setting three amaryllis
bulbs
in glass vases
I hope they are
strong enough to put down
strong roots before
I put them in soil

Waiting for the right
moment when there is
no
right
moment
wishes and inspirations
desiccate wane fade
in cardboard boxes

But new baptized as root
gently touches
the water

Red Camellia

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Cat Friday

Afternoon Nap
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