there is beauty
in trying
all this again

some poems were
unpublished
but now they’re not

and other ones
slightly changed
to fit this scheme

***

#131:

ahead of us
the journey
lingering clouds

***

#132:

across the path
fallen leaves
red against the soil

***

#133:

i am afraid
to begin
but i begin

***

#134:

under the bridge
cows gather
knee deep in mist

***

#135:

a cloud of thought
barely formed
like ghosts, like words

***

#136:

a white feather
floating past
catching the light

***

#137:

a frozen lake
lit only
by last night’s moon

***

#138:

a quiet scene
frost and snow
untouched by feet

***

#139:

through the mist
the border
we cannot see

***

#140:

and all around
frozen blue
mountain flowers

***

#141:

frost on the stones
by the fire
breath becomes smoke

***

#142:

often am i
quick to speak
too slow to stop

***

#143:

blood drops on snow
bleak roses
that do not fade

***

#144:

a sea of snow
rising up
ever higher

***

#145:

flesh like paper
on old bones
the heart beats on

***

#146:

luminous dreams
of a life
floating away

***

#147:

the restless dead
bury them
yet they linger

***

#148:

i felt quite sad
quite often
about many things

***

#149:

i wanted to
write something
so i wrote this

***

#150:

not enough to
see or do
here on the moon

***

#151:

nothing was said
everything
was clearly meant

***

#152:

i often feel
like i don’t
exist at all

***

#153:

upon waking
we wonder
is this the dream

***

#154:

yet in our dreams
never do
we even sleep

***

#155:

the grass grows long
beneath the
rains of summer

***

#156:

i am tired
more often
than i’m asleep

***

#157:

a paling moon
and the sea
a sheet of glass

***

#158:

all i want is
to make things
that people like

***

#159:

and instead i
make things like
this useless thing

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Notes:

1. These were written at various stages over the last four years
2. But mostly I don’t know exactly when
3. After the first five of these 4/3/4 extravaganzas I suppose (#1; #2; #3; #4; #5)
4. The first half of these (up to and including the luminous dreams one) were written for a novel that i never finished writing
5. But might one day
6. And the others were either uncollected ones posted here and there randomly
7. Often not even in 4/3/4 format
8. But close enough I could force them into shape today

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