Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Era ta! ta!
Hooray for Today Three Cheers for this passing night Boo for Tomorrow The Future is out of sight Beyond Eternity’s light
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Thursday, January 5, 2006
At Bats
Nothing like westernizing the Waka! A short baseball vignette: Batter up! Hit the pitch! The winning run is on third. A swing and a miss. Tick ball. Strike two. One chance left. A fastball spins. Connection! Hip! Hip! Hooray! Our team wins!
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Sunday, January 1, 2006
The Long Waka, Shortened by Fear
bit ten by ten bites in a twelve by twelve jail cell ate four by four hate in a decade-long embrace appetite is swollen shut
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Monday, December 19, 2005
Love's Flight
Reflecting on these lines may bring a revision of meaning. Mirror on the wall Arguably my lost will Cry back to me, love In ardent flight from past sin While subtle thieves fear Sorrow they cannot sustain
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Thursday, November 17, 2005
THE FLOOD
This first waka I took was a bit gloomy. I establish a tone based upon a tragic event and set up a simile to crystallize the emotion. my father’s blue mood upon loss of his first-born flows like unwelcome water over our city’s levee destroying our peace of mind
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