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Tiring the heart--
mountains and ocean
too much beauty

---Santōka
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light rain
oriental poppies
shed their petals
the sun
takes a toll of potted plants
dead lupins
dandelions  -
universe
of suns and moons
spring
greening
the stream
wild geraniums
on the edges of fields
buttercups

blind wisteria
gropes around the stockade fence
in its reach for sun
dew boiled by sunrise
the warm scent of earth rises
into my nostrils
herbaceous perennials
from a ground level cavern
a cat's tail, twitching
dogs bark
in the night's cool embrace
a distant train
dandelions
speckle the lawn
the air filled with fairies
azaleas
fading - the remains
of a rainbow
dawn chorus
morning seeps between the curtains
building site hammers

cornflowers
among the raspberry canes
wild arum
Welsh poppies
stretch yellows heads to the sun
a bed of violets
morning crow
wakes with the first light
plaintive cries
a chill wind
the chatter of schoolchildren
on their way to school
early morning wind
blows the curtains wide
distant dog barks
cherry tree a myriad of water droplets misty rain
magpie
chases off sparrows
tree-bark insects
water's surface
scattered with white petals
the last of honesty