tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65308637578353927442024-02-19T16:49:01.163+01:00PoetryTo complement my wordpress sitebrudberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530863757835392744.post-4830109365374033222018-07-03T21:04:00.001+02:002018-07-03T21:04:11.972+02:00Comtemplate<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">as the feather</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">sails in the evening breeze -</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">he questions the answers</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Linked to <a href="http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2018/07/carpe-diem-1466-contemplation.html" target="_blank">Carpe Diem</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>brudberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530863757835392744.post-88732209219739276962018-06-10T22:24:00.002+02:002018-06-11T16:49:59.543+02:00Waiting at the port<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; white-space: pre-wrap;">listlessly the tugboats sigh goodnight.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">A Tetractys for Marion at <a href="http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2018/06/fussy-little-forms-tetractys.html" target="_blank">toads</a></span></span></div>
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brudberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530863757835392744.post-79751459122900936202017-09-26T22:02:00.000+02:002017-09-26T22:02:29.056+02:00Carpe Diem Haiku - Courtyard Blues<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">this empty courtyard -</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">shards of broken pottery</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">scent of lavender</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Linked to <a href="http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.se/2017/09/carpe-diem-1262-courtyard-blues.html" target="_blank">Carpe Diem</a></span>brudberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530863757835392744.post-39830125585474042632017-09-19T09:42:00.001+02:002017-09-19T10:11:42.564+02:00Far from powerless<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">It's less this lack</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">than finding ways</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">to share what warmth </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">we have</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">to bring some light with words</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">to watch the stars, to</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> read a book</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">and finding we are</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">far from </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">powerless</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">even </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">in this dead </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">of blackout</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This is a very late entry for Brendan's weekend prompt at <a href="http://withrealtoads.blogspot.se/2017/09/weekend-mini-challenge-juice.html" target="_blank">toads </a>that I also link up at <a href="http://withrealtoads.blogspot.se/2017/09/the-tuesday-platform_19.html" target="_blank">Tuesday platform</a>.</span>brudberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530863757835392744.post-45040379196469245202017-09-05T21:13:00.002+02:002017-09-05T21:14:21.003+02:00Louder than silence<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Linked to Open Platform at <a href="http://withrealtoads.blogspot.se/2017/09/the-tuesday-platform.html" target="_blank">toads</a></span></span></span></div>
brudberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530863757835392744.post-70283564973768533692017-06-20T21:35:00.000+02:002017-06-20T21:35:35.697+02:00Trying<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Poetry is trying</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> just </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">like lying</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> relates to love</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">it's often black</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">and sometimes lack</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> anything</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">but minor keys.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Let it burn you,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> like her letters,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">but save the ash</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Linked to Tuesday Platform at <a href="http://withrealtoads.blogspot.se/2017/06/the-tuesday-platform_20.html" target="_blank">toads</a></span>brudberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530863757835392744.post-18800432343481138532017-06-12T21:53:00.000+02:002017-06-12T21:53:15.379+02:00Not yet driftwood really<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">For Magaly's prompt at <a href="http://withrealtoads.blogspot.se/2017/06/i-am-made-of-poetry-and-flash-fiction.html" target="_blank">toads</a></span></span></div>
brudberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530863757835392744.post-22425050036028589662017-05-30T22:19:00.003+02:002017-05-30T22:19:50.200+02:00Perfection<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Perfection </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">is a pockmarked chin,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the dented delftware,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">or a greasy fingerprint</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> in a book </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">unread.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Perfection </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">is a day between,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the sickle moon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">and lukewarm tea </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> shared with friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Perfection is what was</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> and is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Linked to <u><a href="http://withrealtoads.blogspot.se/2017/05/the-tuesday-platform_30.html" target="_blank">Toads</a></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">it’s midnight… </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">silence</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">sound of nought</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">but crawl of claws</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">on gravel </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> footsteps</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">muted far away</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">laboured breath</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">from rotting jaws</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">heartbeats racing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> twisted bedsheets</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">wet with sweat</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> when</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">…</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">suddenly </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> a clock</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">strikes </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">twelve</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">and moonbeamed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">from my throat </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> erupt </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">howls for blood</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Linked to <a href="https://dversepoets.com/2017/05/22/sound-off-dverse-quadrille-33/" target="_blank">dVerse</a> Quadrille with Victoria</span>brudberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530863757835392744.post-57039104875545393592017-05-16T21:13:00.002+02:002017-05-16T21:13:33.889+02:00Hunger<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Hunger is less </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">for the pea-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Linked to Open Platform at <a href="http://withrealtoads.blogspot.se/2017/05/the-tuesday-platform_16.html" target="_blank">toads</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span>brudberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530863757835392744.post-75446941507112269532017-05-06T16:25:00.003+02:002017-05-06T22:11:41.767+02:00Thirst<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">his thirst </span><br />
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brudberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530863757835392744.post-59409641911373166122017-05-04T21:55:00.003+02:002017-05-04T21:55:55.932+02:00Tan Tenga - Paulownia<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">from the paulownia<br />without a breath of wind </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">—</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />falling leaves </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">© Nozawa Boncho</span></span><div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Linked to <a href="http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.se/2017/05/carpe-diem-tan-renga-challenge-2017-4.html" target="_blank">Carpe Diem</a></span></div>
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brudberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530863757835392744.post-67299990787011906042016-09-21T21:38:00.001+02:002016-09-21T21:38:39.391+02:00Forensic dreams<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">If you could paint </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the fog, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">there would still</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">be mandibles and eyes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">from homeless dogs,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">and jellyfish </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">impressions </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">left to feed </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">relentless surfs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">If you could capture</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">would there be footprints</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Would there be air or soil?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Would there be fractured bones?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Or would we feed the pyre</span><br />
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<br />brudberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530863757835392744.post-72285879255437867572016-09-15T15:39:00.000+02:002016-09-15T15:39:17.922+02:00Carpe Diem Haiku - Summer solstice<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">midsummer is trapped</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">in the breathless instant</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Linked to <a href="http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.se/2016/09/carpe-diem-1054-summer-solstice.html" target="_blank">Carpe Diem</a></span>brudberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530863757835392744.post-29515978887336283312016-09-13T21:26:00.000+02:002016-09-13T21:26:13.734+02:00Carpe Diem Haiku - Worship<div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Linked to <a href="http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.se/2016/09/carpe-diem-1053-worship.html" target="_blank">Carpe Diem</a></span></div>
brudberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530863757835392744.post-59355291835808648762016-09-12T20:45:00.000+02:002016-09-12T20:46:48.306+02:00Carpe Dieim Haiku - Happiness<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">a toddler's feet</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">dancing in the puddles -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Linked to <a href="http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.se/2016/09/carpe-diem-1052-happiness.html" target="_blank">Carpe Diem</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span>brudberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530863757835392744.post-54393531272786220572016-09-06T22:29:00.003+02:002016-09-06T22:29:53.291+02:00Carpe Diem Haiku - Dawn<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">tiptoeing </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">--</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Linked to <a href="http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.se/2016/09/carpe-diem-1046-dawn.html" target="_blank">Carpe Diem</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span>brudberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530863757835392744.post-64398924209177121872016-08-27T23:00:00.003+02:002016-08-29T20:25:32.130+02:00You, too soon<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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brudberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530863757835392744.post-88869642345938060992016-06-05T21:54:00.002+02:002016-06-05T21:54:22.566+02:00Haiku Special "ripple in the lake" by Joyce Lorenson<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">sunbeam on its waves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">for bejeweled summer gown -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Linked to <a href="http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.se/2016/06/carpe-diem-special-209-ripple-in-lake.html" target="_blank">Carpe Diem</a></span>brudberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530863757835392744.post-54367840311560348862016-05-17T16:43:00.002+02:002016-05-17T16:44:09.483+02:00Cogito ergo sum<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">existence -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Linked to <a href="http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.se/2016/05/carpe-diem-theme-week-4-latifa-prayer.html" target="_blank">Carpe Diem</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span>brudberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530863757835392744.post-72774050199058898422016-04-27T01:00:00.000+02:002016-04-27T01:00:18.400+02:00A carpenter apprentice<div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.75em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When you build your home,<br />carpenter apprenticed, from<br />its walls to roof, from<br />the carpets to its paint<br />carefully selected<br />(you might think),</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and afterwards you invite<br />some friends for barbecue, and<br />you’re sitting on your porch<br />clinging to a lukewarm bottle<br />silenced from what’s done.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There is a hollow formed inside<br />an emptiness (a craving)<br />much like the poet’s empty<br />notebook begs for ink…<br />and you wonder (looking at the stars)<br />if you’ve built your house or if<br />it is the house creating you.</span></span></div>
brudberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530863757835392744.post-84623765278332039682016-03-01T21:01:00.001+01:002016-03-01T21:01:36.701+01:00Winter moonlight<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">moonlit winter -</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">walks his silvered path</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">to icicle songs</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Linked to <a href="http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.se/2016/03/carpe-diem-tokubetsudesu-71-moonlight.html" target="_blank">Carpe Diem</a></span>brudberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530863757835392744.post-761681609252996122016-02-29T20:02:00.002+01:002016-02-29T20:02:54.170+01:00Skyline<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">silver moonlight</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">fades in floodlights -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">softness of her parted lips</span><br />
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