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Wind bent —old
Story lines etched
On ancient faces
A gentleness
Å knowledge
Of life both
Theirs and mine
Words like
Soft wind
Caressing and calm
Cloaking me
Against the cold
Mountain mists
In the village
Of bamboo trails
High in the forest

Geoffrey Fafard

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Topic(s) of this poem: japan

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Tales from Japan.Two old ladies smiled at me gave me tea and fed me hot rice before letting me continue on my path….

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John Ahern 03 June 2019

Hi Geoffrey, your reputation for taking the reader with you on your poem journeys grows, as is shown by Jez Brul comments.

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Geoffrey Fafard 04 June 2019

John. cheers mate.Japan is such a wondrous country especially the more remote places... plenty of material there to encourage my pen as you can see..ha ha.. thanks....Geoffrey.

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