Ready

Ready Mr. DeMille, #6
Originally uploaded by vajra.

soft fuzz opening
gray green peel to reveal the
pink nudity of me

Lords Dancing

Lords Dancing, #1
Originally uploaded by vajra.

a retinue of baskets,
teapots, tablecloths, and platters
the images shift and shock
images of distracted dreamers
or a corner where we are otherwise
engaged
images beneath the table of our faces
it is hard to see
these mute sentinels
blur and recede
like feeling or
dancing
or the stroke of a hand

Cat Friday

Indoor Cat, #3
Originally uploaded by vajra.

Haiga

Madame, #1
Originally uploaded by vajra.

rose yellow black bee
sunshine warmly on my back
we smile at winter

Softly, Softly

Softly, Softly
Originally uploaded by vajra.

remember
the warm rain
on a cold night
stars above the mesa
as you huddle beneath
the fog

Corsage

Blooming Again, #3
Originally uploaded by vajra.

flowers pinned to your shoulder
do they still do that?
or has it gone the way
of the waltz
and poodle skirts

still
it's always nice to get
flowers
it's wearing them that's hard

Spathe

w
The Subtle Spathe, #5
Originally uploaded by vajra.

just
a
cup
as
white
as
tomorrow

Coming Up Camellias

Coming Up Camellias, #1
Originally uploaded by vajra.

beauty of camellias
in the cold bright day
winter's best blooming
pink as baby's cheeks
or evenings

hurry kiss me now

The Freezer

In the Freezer, #3
Originally uploaded by vajra.

winter isn't
usually
so warm but we
will not complain

though the trees are
parched tinder
dry and snow does
not stick for Spring's

melt and river's rush
forgetting that
we drink scrub swim
when snow-melt comes

Cat Friday

Backward Glance
Originally uploaded by vajra.

Camellia

Perfect Beauty, #1
Originally uploaded by vajra.

early morn
fallen rain
refreshes

petals clean
moist and pink
like kisses

amazed
I gaze at
perfection

Chill

Thirst, #3
Originally uploaded by vajra.

bits of
water
clinging

spadix
and spathes
unfurl

filling
with sun
shining

Beginnings

a
wait
a
new
day
as
light
greets
the
east
breathe
in
a
gain

Inauguration

Inauguration, #1
Originally uploaded by vajra.

in the bitter cold
smiling people stand for hours
waiting

a word can heal
a smile transform
waiting

for tomorrow
for hope
w a i t i n g

Ice Wine

First Plum, #2
Originally uploaded by vajra.

the first plum blossoms
greet evening intoxication
with tender beauty

Homing, #3

Homing, #3
Originally uploaded by vajra.

Haiga

Brand New, #1
Originally uploaded by vajra.

walking home from Cole
café sun opens brilliant
magnolia

Youth

Youthful, #4
Originally uploaded by vajra.

a morning like butter
cream and honey surrounding
my skin as I breathe
in

Declutter

Don't Let the Door Hit Ya'

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Warm Winter

Mid-Winter Magnolia Series, #11
Originally uploaded by vajra.

implacable warmth
unseasonable sunshine
I long for snowflakes

Cat Friday

All He Beholds, #2
Originally uploaded by vajra.

Savage, Steven E., Gram Braids Mahalia's Hair #2, West Orange, NJ, 2009.jpg

Savage, Steven E., Gram Braids Mahalia's Hair #2, West Orange, NJ, 2009.jpg
Originally uploaded by Steve Savage.

This child is born for tomorrow, a place we cannot follow. But on January 20, 2009, we will take her hand and point our compass to the future.

I've forgotten you
I don't cry when I hear Pachelbel's
Canon or Take Five
I don't dream you're holding me
as I tremble beside you
I don't see the cap you wore
or recall the evening light on the wall
I can't imagine the warm bread
smell of you or the fire
you lit in the cabin
I've forgotten.

Yes.
I have.

Out Walking

Out Walking, #7
Originally uploaded by vajra.

until sunset cooled me
I walked warm and shirtless
past graves at evening

Haiga

January Museum Series, #15
Originally uploaded by vajra.

runs from her hunter
crying out at wings sprouting
from delicate shoulders
frightened at feathers
covering her hands

Not Quite Spring

Not Quite Spring, #1
Originally uploaded by vajra.

camellias bloom
in the cold dark heart of winter
time for a cup of tea

Haiga

Rosemary Buzz
Originally uploaded by vajra.

the bee does not know
this is cold January
the sun shines anyway

January Succulent

January Succulent, #11
Originally uploaded by vajra.

flesh as thick as heat
swelling slowly with a rush
sap to the flower

January Succulent, #1

January Succulent, #1
Originally uploaded by vajra.

Review

Homage à Weston, #3
Originally uploaded by vajra.

I try to see fresh
the same objects I looked
at yesterday and
the year before like moving
the same furniture
in the same room to be again
renewed

Cat Friday

Just a Snooze, #1
Originally uploaded by vajra.

Struggle

Struggle
Originally uploaded by vajra.

barely making it
to the path's ending each board
survives in tensions

Formality

Spider Chrysanthemum Series, #2
Originally uploaded by vajra.

I once saw them as
stiff formal funereal
now I see the slow
uncurling like a
sigh

Angles

Angles
Originally uploaded by vajra.

wind hooks my buttons
bending me over with cold
looking at brick snowflakes

Haiga

Hiver Series, #3
Originally uploaded by vajra.

luminous winter
softens the deep memory
of golden summer

Nostalgia

To Weston
Originally uploaded by vajra.

surrounded by image
endlessly repeat your name
and remember me

My Gift For Gearheads

Leaves

Leaves
Originally uploaded by vajra.

clarity follows
raindrops fierce and brief bluster
one small leaf remains

Ladies Who Lunch

Ladies Who Lunch
Originally uploaded by vajra.

she said we could place
the shoe on a shelf like art
"Manolo Blahniks"

Cat Friday

Look Out, Toonsis! #3
Originally uploaded by vajra.

New Year

Luscious
Originally uploaded by vajra.

sky as blue as sky
air as clear as air
flower as fragrant as flower
sun as bright as sun
you as beautiful as you
beginning

Hey Jude