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An Update.

Posted on November 9, 2013 by skyraftwanderer

I haven’t said anything for a long time. Truthfully, I haven’t been writing much. I’ve stopped writing poetry. I probably won’t start again. I have my reasons. I might detail them one day. If I care enough. But I had … Continue reading →

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Folding Mulberries

Posted on July 20, 2013 by skyraftwanderer

Forests no forests. Mountains no mountains. Rivers no rivers. In radiant dipper blaze a tiger plumbs azure depths. ~~~ A fly regains balance in prevailing dragon roars. Mulberry clusters are folded by a jade fist. A moths eyebrow arches over … Continue reading →

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Warblings

Posted on July 15, 2013 by skyraftwanderer

ancient forever warblings unwind, and unwind. dust splitters in ten thousand radiant colours. across dragon vast star rivers, the mountains in bright dipper light are still mountains. ~~~ Image found here: http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/hiroshige/shrines-in-snowy-mountains I’ve been reading Murakami (he’s the dealer, i’m … Continue reading →

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Make a noise like a dying Giraffe

Posted on July 13, 2013 by skyraftwanderer

Designed by Gen Hagiwara. More images here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/skyraftwanderer/

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The Cat Goes Meow

Posted on July 13, 2013 by skyraftwanderer

Designed by Masashi Tanaka. More photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/skyraftwanderer/

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Purple and Black

Posted on July 9, 2013 by skyraftwanderer

words no poems.poems no words. dream world twisted.smoke plumes black and purple.empty space. emptiness no idleness.idleness no emptiness. ~~~ poems no words.words no poems. red buffalo sends ten thousand things crashing.purple tapir renders it as smoke plumes pink and black.star … Continue reading →

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Idle Willows

Posted on July 5, 2013 by skyraftwanderer

Empty vast heaven yields arced yellow to gleaming beetle horns. Trees topple, and topple. Under the idle willows the resting sage plays with splits of sunlight. Thoughts fritter, and fritter. ~~~ Gleaming beetle horns wrench shining arcs from the vast … Continue reading →

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Moths Eyebrow

Posted on July 5, 2013 by skyraftwanderer

Great wind arcs, and cuts. But the pine trees still, and stiller. By candle light a sage catches a moths eyebrow arching. Effortless flow of empty sleeves unfurls the bright shining dipper. ~~~ By the sages candle light, the arching … Continue reading →

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Black and Yellow

Posted on June 30, 2013 by skyraftwanderer

Phoenix feather tumbles into a lotus of ten thousand petals, in faraway forests the maple leaves fall, and fall. Beetles and dragons argue in black and yellow arcs over empty vast sky, the sage wanders jade mountains, each footfall a … Continue reading →

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Heavens Bridge

Posted on June 28, 2013 by skyraftwanderer

Beetle horns collide, unleash forked arcs of heavens power. A wanderer on heavens bridge watches the dipper crash in water vast. Magpie fleets seek the vast star void. From star filled rivers oxen drink. ~~~ Image found here: http://japanhinomaru.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/mitologia-japonesa.html My … Continue reading →

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