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Not quite awake, I prepare morning coffee. Two wires stick out from the basket holding a dark roast. I pull…a moth, just a slight struggle in my fingertips, then wriggles to the floor. An ordinary clothes moth so much like the...

~A Ghazal On my desk: gooseneck lamp, old Underwood portable, scratch pad looking for one good line. Imagine a pungent swamp, still water, slick mud speckled amphibians, humidity, crepuscular light. Hearts break or harden but...

I roam in gardens where lilacs bow to me, that silent applause that special praise no room-filled crowd could offer. It would be a lonely world to some, no clapping no finger snapping, but not for me. I leave my shadow, dancing...

Standing at the window looking between icicles I can barely see across the street. Crosswinds of snow change direction, pile drifts against the front door. I feel trapped. In the emptiness of necessity, play a game of Scrabble ....

I labored for years, weary in gardens, kept snakes as pets and picked apples for teachers where flowers bloom’d in that same space weeds spread, where they’d share the same water, gathering grace in early stages of resemblance,...

Where high mountains never recede in snow， Water chestnut flowers bloom and grow, Plum blossoms welcome guests with their light scent, Over peaks in flocks, wild geese hastily flow. Gentle light pours sparse shades across...