the winter sun – a teikei renku – nijuin

John Carley,??Paul Conneally and Sheila Windsor

a teikei renku ??????????nijuin ??????????the winter sun

???? I charge my brush?????????? with water and splash the page???????????? the winter sun????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????	??	jec
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discovering??????????????a wren???? ?? in the back border????????????????????????????????????????????????	??	pc
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his train pulls in?????????????????? to the strangeness ???????????????? ??of a once?????????????????? familiar place??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????	??	sw
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fresh baked bread??????????????????on a table?????????? set with silver??????????????????	??	sw
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moonlight floods?????????? ??a bed of leaves ???????? as drunkards?????????? ??hunt the hedgehog	??	jec
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granddad???????? takes the children out???????? trick-or-treating	??	pc
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over and over???????????? ??thru fireglow ?? to the wind???s??????????????whistling moan	??	sw
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within the mountain?????????????? ??men burn out?????????????? like candles	??	jec
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???????????????????????? a dog???????? ?? chasing the priest???s cat down the aisle?????????????? and out the back door	??	pc
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along this narrow pathway?????????????? prayer flags???????????? meet sky	??	sw
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butterflies???????????? by their hundreds thousands?????????? deck the summer pasture	??	jec
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lavender perfume???????????? rising???????? with the full moon	??	pc
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?? a perfect circle?????????????? on the ceiling from last night???s??????????????????champagne cork	??	sw
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drawing back the blinds????????????????she sings?????????? just like a girl	??	jec
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????????????????the head teacher?????????????? averts his eyes from two sixth-formers?????????????? ??kissing	??	pc
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the clairvoyant?????????? describes???????????? my scarlet aura	??	sw
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after a few drinks???????????? under the mirrorball ??????????????????????????????????things???????????? seem better	??	pc
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come the dawn?????????? ??the snow?????????? rolls back up into cloud	??	jec
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??????????????draw him home?????????????? lilac blossom while your fragrance???????????? fills my garden	??	sw
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three fledglings???????? strut around??????????????in the late spring warmth	??	pc