"A book of verses, underneath the bough,
A jug of wine, a loaf of bread -- and thou
Beside me singing in the wilderness --
Ah, wilderness were paradise enow!"

-- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, as translated by Edward Fitzgerald







Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Queen of Entropy

Today I reign as
Queen of Entropy; where next
to aim my powers?

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Self-Absorption



Could a sponge die of
self-absorption?  Some folks, too,
would be in peril.
 

Thursday, May 24, 2012

What the Thunder Said


Be the stillness you
mean to hear in the world.  Wait.
The thunder passes.


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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Swallowtail

Swallowtail, herald
of summer: from yellow blossoms,
one flower takes wing.

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