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    Until I See

    I've been making a decent living,
    I've been doing
    regular physical activity
    to stay in good shape,
    and I've been happy
    that I'm not in need of anything
    until I see the sky up above me
    turning grey,
    until I see the leaves of my tree
    shedding in fall,
    until I see not one butterfly
    flitting and playing over the meadow.

    Try to live in harmony with people and nature


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    Welcome back, angliholic. I have been missing your poems.
    "I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
    Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row

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    Quote Originally Posted by Danik 2016 View Post
    Welcome back, angliholic. I have been missing your poems.
    Thnks, Danik, for your quick response. It's great that there are people missing your poems.

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    Late Autumn Sunny Day

    Now that
    jasmines have long
    lost their sweet-smelling buds
    to the season of depression,
    it makes little sense that
    in the peaceful park today
    it's unusually sunny
    and delightful.
    Though butterflies
    have long flown
    away with all my smiles,
    there're still dragonflies
    frolicking and enjoying--
    I wish I were simply being
    unhealthily suspicious--
    their last meal
    over a carpet of green grass
    like condemned prisoners
    before the execution.
    Last edited by angliholic; 10-03-2016 at 07:48 PM.

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    Like a Falling Leaf


    Like a falling leaf
    fluttering in the wind,
    I'm too run down
    to care what's lying ahead,
    let alone turn to my memory
    to reminisce whether
    I've ever been chic or trendy.
    Seeing that I'm no longer
    the navigator
    of my own drifting life,
    why not follow nature's course,
    take it easy and let it be.
    After all,
    I'm tired of having
    my own way all my life.



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    Conceivably

    It's not that
    the woods are no longer lovely
    and fascinating
    on this late autumn evening,
    but that
    I'm in no mood to crawl outside
    this cocoon of dismay.
    Conceivably,
    you were once as pretty
    as the slanting ray
    at the end of the day,
    but I don't think
    I'm brave enough
    to face the setting sun alone.

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    A Flower in the Mirror

    The delightful late autumn sunshine
    on the previous day
    proves to be
    just a flower in the mirror
    if it's improper to be
    compared to the moon in the water.
    Darkness is lurking
    from here to Sunday
    even before I wake up from building
    castles in the air.
    Looking up at the night sky,
    I see numerous twinkling stars,
    but I'm not sure
    which one would lead me
    ultimately to the garden of Eden.
    As I'm hesitating,
    I become conscious that
    my youthful days,
    the playful time,
    were missing among the neon lights.

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    So wonderful to see you posting again.

    Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
    tailor STATELY
    tailor

    who am I but a stitch in time
    what if I were to bare my soul
    would you see me origami

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    Quote Originally Posted by tailor STATELY View Post
    So wonderful to see you posting again.

    Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
    tailor STATELY
    Thanks, Tailor, for the kind warm words which made my day.

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    Rainy Days Go

    Sunny days come,
    and rainy days go.
    Therefore,
    don't feel distraught
    simply because
    leaves are turning yellow.
    It's the nature's course~
    all trees will surely be budding
    next spring.
    However,
    I'm doubtful whether
    in the next life
    we'll be able to retrieve
    the unforgettable memory
    we've shared
    after we part this life.

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    Without You

    You're the water in a bayou,
    and I'm the fish.
    Without you,
    I'll surely rest in peace.
    Without me,
    you won't cease to be
    since there're still shrimps
    and water plants
    to keep you company.

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    Without Me

    Once young and silly
    enough to presume,
    without me,
    flowers would forget to bloom,
    trees would be
    reluctant to turn green,
    and the earth would stop spinning,
    now I see~
    if the sun isn't rising
    tomorrow,
    I'll be undeniably
    buried in deep sorrow.

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    Oh Woe Is Me

    Oh! Woe is me!
    Although I did sow the seeds
    a long while ago,
    I should've known better
    than to look forward to a basketful
    of sweet mangoes.
    Haven't I told myself
    again and again
    there might be storms
    looming on the horizon?
    Haven't I warned myself
    again and again
    that life is fickle,
    so prepare for the worst
    instead of windfalls
    and be joyful
    when the storm doesn't call?
    How could I be so forgetful?

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    But on Second Thought

    When the cheerful sunshine
    is no longer here to stay,
    it doesn't make much sense
    to blame
    who has turned the sky gray
    or who
    has squandered my golden day.
    I have good reasons to be
    in blank dismay
    while the leaves are falling like crazy.
    But on second thought,
    since there's no way
    for me
    to stop the world from getting cold,
    I might just as well
    chill down and
    appreciate in silence the way
    nature covers the land with gold.

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    Flag of Truce

    I'm not praying
    I'll be crowned one day
    with a laurel wreath,
    but that there'll be no more wars
    to tear the peace into pieces.
    I'm not looking
    forward to the end
    of the annoying shedding leaves
    as well as my hair,
    but I'll be unconditionally grateful
    if only the sky is not falling.

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