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Amida knows, watching the news hurts
A hand in rubble
Broken rooms where no one sleeps
Or can't be woken
Pillars of smoke touch heavens
As if to carry prayers
Think I shall go up to my old friend on the hill and burn some incense.
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Well, you know we had that earthquake...
Friday Night in Kanagawa
The stars shine brightly
Over my house's tile roof
The city's glow gone
Candles half seen in houses
Hold vigil this day in March
Saturday morning
willows in a breeze
the buildings swayed in the quake
Edo's flowers bloomed
In Sendai the sea came in
Cupped and pulled houses from roots
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That Mother....
Gosh, it's been ONE year and that guy is back.
The Baroque guy.
I wrote about this potential client last March, here: crimsongriffin.livejournal.com/7333.html
After all the time spent getting sketches together and researching the period, looking out wigs he can buy, and even shoe-makers...not to mention the search for fucking TURQUOISE jacquard to ( Read more... ) -
The weevils in my head...
Need some banging out!
In other words, dear friends, I have a cunning plan for next Halloween, but all it will take is some serious research, about three extra bodies to wear the costumes besides myself, and...well, time? Got a quick order to knock out for a customer, a 3/4 cloak, and then will fling, FLING myself into War of 1812/ Napoleonic work.
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Tanka for Plum Trees
Aeolus combs his
fingers through the blooming plum;
Spreads them wide and so
combs the petals free,
Loosened as if from a plait.
(Aeolus- god of wind
plait - braid of hair)
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Vacation
Some would doubtless say it was serendipity that I had booked a trip home two weeks before the earthquake. Especially now the prices are all jacked up. Make no mistake, though. It was a comp ticket I won, at Halloween, and was due to expire at the end of April. And though my folks will probably be super happy to see me, and I'll be joining a ( Read more... ) -
Tanka for spring
My glove has a hole
Fraying threads pulling away
Revealing pink skin
As spring unravels winter
Uncovering the fresh earth
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How odd
Fuji television apparently ran out of Roman style wear for some show (probably a small piece on a variety), ran down to Tintagel in Mejiro where I sell my costumes and bought the tunics with the greek key trim i had just made. How gratifying, especially considering i was only trying to use up the trim (thanks Ii and Abe!). No, i am not going to ( Read more... ) -
January 11th, morning train ride
A rough cloud toupee
Sifting snowy white dandruff
Caps grumpy Fuji
Who waits ill temperedly
For wind to tear it away
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The Japanese Gardener
No pic, but he was up on his tripod ladder, working away one morning when I was walking to school. All scruffy in his workers' togs, with various implements like twig brooms, clippers and baskets for bits that are cut away. Just another hired gardener working on the decorative pines that are so ubiquitously planted by folks' front gates, often with ( Read more... )
