Thursday, October 10, 2013

Rice Paper Blossoms – v8


Dying crocuses, alive
bright, swaying, weightless
glorious in their fading
becoming translucent, transparent
in the mid-day sun

Like rice paper blossoms
or ones of thin sheets of gossamer
like wet spring rolls;
dying ever so graciously
at the foot of the cross



Edited October 10, 2013
Rice Paper Blossoms – v8
(editing version 3)
Edited August 23, 2013
“Rice Paper Blossoms – v7”
(editing the original)
Edited August 15, 2013
“Rice Paper Blossoms – v6”
Edited August 3, 2013
“Rice Paper Blossoms – v5”
Edited July 26, 2013
“Rice Paper Blossoms – v4”
Edited July 26, 2013
“Rice Paper Blossoms – v3”
Edited July 24, 2013
“Rice Paper Blossoms – v2”
April 7, 2010
“Rice Paper Blossoms”

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