Another untitled poem from the 80s…
wood and water
the wave of
fragrance so perfect
we seek to
obtain it as
if we could
be windows open
to a light
the gentlest cloud
would obscure still
spreading like one’s
final exhalation which
travels only to
disperse and become
at last another’s
This first appeared here in June 2017.
O at the Edges 
Nice mingling of smell, light carried via air (breath like wind, pushing it all in different directions).
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Thanks, Jazz. Smell is such an important sense, but often seems neglected in poetry.
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There is a Buddhist memory quality here… I can almost literally smell the sandalwood incense smell of the temples I meditated in back in the day in in/around Kansai. Thanks for reposting this one!
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Happy to repost, Daniel. Thank you!
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If I can just make another comment, this appealed to me because I am blind, and I could smell what you were describing. It is truly beautiful
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Thanks so very much. I’m pleased it resonated for you.
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I can smell it now, wafting in on the evening rain, the aroma of nature’s wet eucalyptus trees
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Mmmm. A gorgeous fragrance.
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Love this poem! Straightforward rather than simple, saying exactly what it means to say.
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Thanks very much, Joan.
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Beautiful.
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Thank you, Leslie.
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Hi Robert, your page for this post is unstable on my site, flicking off and on all the time, not sure what the problem is….
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Someone else had that problem a while back. I can’t remember what the solution was, but will try to locate that post. I was never able to duplicate the problem on the five devices I used.
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It’s not happening on my phone, so might be a little problem with my little temporary computer. 😉
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Let’s hope it goes away. I know how annoying that can be.
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It seems to be gone ..yeah..
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