Knowing Another
a field of tall grass
sways one way in the wind
when the right question
yields an answer, listener
fails to judge and says nothing
— t. l. cummings
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Dec 31
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Weary
Why are we never
finished with our own dying
or another’s death
that shakes us from a stupor
year after year, strange and hard
— t. l. cummings
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Reality
each owns his own death
the dying proceeds our lives
the meanings we made
the way we loved another
everything enfolds our needs
— t. l. cummings
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Seasons on Hold
sealed in pewter heart
ash whispers untouched seasons
sitting on a shelf
— t. l. cummings
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Thank the Night
golden bodies rest
under shade of streaming rain
rise at midnight’s kiss
— t. l. cummings
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History’s Lesson
(Tanka form)
A cultural greed
crushes trust into ruins.
Pressed between granite
and rich, soiled deposits,
truth strains to the surface.
–Terri Lynn Cummings
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