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walking faster--
both with notable scarves,
man and dog
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..(C)2012 Spiros Zafiris
..channeled; spirit Ram
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..the tree

its leaves down--
each branch almost
in shock--
a choir nears;
calms our tree with spring songs
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..(C)2012 Spiros Zafiris..channeled;
spirit Harmony; reaching into the poet's
heart..
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..gamblers

under the tree
they lie with open mouths--
each hopes
he will be first
to snatch a falling leaf

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..(C)2012 Spiros Zafiris
..channeled; spirit Ram; reaching
into the poet's heart
Note: this may be mild kyoka
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..serious

a tightrope
walker he felt
this moment
hurricanes may veer
what matters is this poem
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..(C)2012 Spiros Zafiris
..channeled; spirit Ram; reaching
into the poet's heart
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..some in flannels

early autumn
some wear soft flannels
others are in coats
perhaps I should call her to meet--
surprise ourselves with how I'll dress
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(C)2012 Spiros Zafiris
..channeled; spirit Harmony; reaching
into the poet's heart
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..from the window

why,  sorrowfully,
count the leaves, as they embrace
the ground,
from my perch by the window
I may miscount my darling tree's children
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..(C)2012 Spiros Zafiris
..channeled; spirit Harmony; reaching
into the poet's heart
~~

somewhere,
out a window, it is warmer than
this autumn morn
trees are happy somewhere,
like when she called me her baby
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..(C)2011 Spiros Zafiris
..channeled; spirit Harmony; reaching
into the poet's heart
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not too windy
and leaves chase me...
I know they hurt
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..(C)2011 Spiros Zafiris
..channeled; spirit Ram
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Tanka..melodrama

sheer melodrama--
yesterday's shoots prepare
for autumn's departure
I prefer to feign ignorance,
opting to think of her
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..(C)2011 Spiros Zafiris
..channeled; spirit Harmony;
reaching into the poet's heart
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one or two naps
miscounted--and all the leaves
have fallen
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..(C)2011 Spiros Zafiris
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leaves fall
on your outstretched hands...
giving to the end
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..(C)2011 Spiros Zafiris

I avoid
looking at the leaves
they tumble, tumble
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..(C) 2011 Spiros Zafiris
..channeled; spirit Ram
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slippers
housebound these days
...'tis near chilly
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..(C) 2011 Spiros Zafiris
..channeled; spirit Ram
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not yet winter...
the barn owl rehearses
a snowfall lament
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..circa Dec. 5, 2010
..Copyright 2010 Spiros Zafiris
..mostly channeled; spirit Ram
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bare,
these trees; still pointing
still leading
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..circa Nov. 28, 2010
..Copyright 2010 Spiros Zafiris
..channeled; spirit Ram
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early snowflakes
what grand rapture!
each one chimes
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..circa December 3, 2010
..Copyright 2010 Spiros Zafiris
..channeled; spirit Ram
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we smile
at these scant, pirouetting flakes
...so precociously winter
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..circa Thursday, December 2, 2010
..Copyright 2010 Spiros Zafiris
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now we see
birds on bare limbs
peeping in are we
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..circa November 28, 2010
..Copyright 2010 Spiros Zafiris
..channeled; spirit Ram
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betwixt
the limbs of trees
a lone lilac bush
is reached by sunrays
enough to be thankful
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..circa Nov.21, 2010
..Copyright 2010 Spiros Zafiris
..channeled; spirit Harmony
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leafshade--
where's the leafshade--oh,
we're in autumn
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..circa: Nov. 13, 2010
..Copyright 2010 Spiros Zafiris
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