Jan
. . . here we are again ◠‿◠
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New Year's Morn-
let's harvest molehills
with a fishing rod
C A L E N D A R
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January-
without its pivot,
what's a gate?
item 3
The empty heart, without anticipation, is weightless and devoid of computation. Therefore, we say, boundless. Even beyond the length of primordial radiance and the distance of its echoes.
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not expecting anything,
they seem to be still asleep-
snowdrop bulbs
"Has the atmosphere changed its mind? That is the chilling question." - weatherornot (Stratford-upon-Avon)
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tea cosy hat?
snow on the wind
smell. . .
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curled up
in front of the window-
winter stars
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"All battles, all wars, all fistfights and bar brawls, all conflicts in every place and in every time begin and end as battles of the mind." - Brandon Smith
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druids and their mistletoe-
between two chimneys
the moon
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NOTE
During military playoffs Celtic regional disputes would be battled psychically between tribal druids deployed on opposing hills. If there was an incomplete psyche-out by the wizards the deployed warriors would be unleashed on the plain below to finalise the outcome. If matters were magically fixed without any problematic loose ends then everyone would go home without blood having to being shed. - jp
Probably the most famous Zen koan of them all is actually based on a technical fallacy. Namely, its basic premise is flawed. How so? Well, one hand can clap - fingers to palm. With a little practice even the acoustics can be varied and, tabla like, various tones evoked.
jp
paw print
on the ice
just one
article 8
"The countryside must be protected as if it were an 'ancient' cathedral." Prince Charles
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almost invisible-
the remains of another day
flap their bones home
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a ton of pheasant
take their last windy ride
packed upright
Pheasant Open Season: Oct 1 - Feb 1
They were in a trailer, pulled by a Land Rover. Not tossed in willy-nilly; but, stacked as stanchions, all heads up. At least a hundred compressed somehow, so they didn't fall over on their way to wherever. Half a trailer full, passing in the twilight. Utterly surreal. None of the guns looked me in the eye, for whatever reason. Not that I minded in particular; it's not like they had a bad life compared to the horrors of industrial poultry production. ("Hedge chickens", some call them.)
jp
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thin ice-
as far as his feet
will carry me
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“Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” Alan Watts
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a busy metropolis,
microscopically vast-
frozen seed
Alternatively. . .
a busy metropolis,
microscopically vast-
frozen
Which makes this ku delightfully abstract by simply omitting the original qualified point - if that makes sense.
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"Titan's Nile: Nasa scientists spot 250 mile river valley flowing with liquid ethane on Saturn's largest moon" - Daily Mail (catchy headline)
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frying eggs. . .
winter's dawn choral
soon
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The Prevention of Crime Act 1953 section 1(4) provides that; 'a public place includes any highway and any other premises to which the public have or are permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise'. - Legislation.gov.uk
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abandoned field-
a jet aeroplane flies over
the shape of winter
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cross chanteuse,
so delightfully sincere-
mademoiselle robin
"The physical mechanism of the Robin's magnetic sense is not fully understood, but may involve quantum entanglement of electron spins." - Wikipedia
"A robin's alarm call is a loud ticking call,
as in being 'ticked off', type thing." - jp
M U S I C A L I N N E R L U D E
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winter spiders,
all asleep in their hammocks-
gathering dust
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