LIFE SEQUENCE

LIFE SEQUENCE

(In The Hokku Manner)

(UNREADY)Close-folded fern ...So stiff; so coldly self-sustained:But summer passes.(Motherhood)Puss watches the world,Troubled: but knows she is linkedTo a miracle.(Home)Empty room; fire dies;Moon shines in; chairs and tables converse;Books croon songs.(Awakening)Gray old treeHas breasted winter storms; but is vaguelyWorried by March.(Memorial Tablet)Sunshine on storied bronze:Love on the whirling earth:And you on my heart.

(UNREADY)Close-folded fern ...So stiff; so coldly self-sustained:But summer passes.(Motherhood)Puss watches the world,Troubled: but knows she is linkedTo a miracle.(Home)Empty room; fire dies;Moon shines in; chairs and tables converse;Books croon songs.(Awakening)Gray old treeHas breasted winter storms; but is vaguelyWorried by March.(Memorial Tablet)Sunshine on storied bronze:Love on the whirling earth:And you on my heart.

(UNREADY)

(UNREADY)

Close-folded fern ...So stiff; so coldly self-sustained:But summer passes.

Close-folded fern ...

So stiff; so coldly self-sustained:

But summer passes.

(Motherhood)

(Motherhood)

Puss watches the world,Troubled: but knows she is linkedTo a miracle.

Puss watches the world,

Troubled: but knows she is linked

To a miracle.

(Home)

(Home)

Empty room; fire dies;Moon shines in; chairs and tables converse;Books croon songs.

Empty room; fire dies;

Moon shines in; chairs and tables converse;

Books croon songs.

(Awakening)

(Awakening)

Gray old treeHas breasted winter storms; but is vaguelyWorried by March.

Gray old tree

Has breasted winter storms; but is vaguely

Worried by March.

(Memorial Tablet)

(Memorial Tablet)

Sunshine on storied bronze:Love on the whirling earth:And you on my heart.

Sunshine on storied bronze:

Love on the whirling earth:

And you on my heart.


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