A New Start in 2025

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Suddenly it is the year of Ji-Si. There is a great deal to do this year and the goals are very clear, so it is certain to be a productive one.

The Warp and Weft of Time

The tide at the pen’s tip floods twelve rings of moon

ink-marks grow tree-rings in virtual soil

talking by the fire, stars fall into the teacup

ripples of drinking under the moon push open a spring window

fingertips weave the warp and weft of light

a metal forest grows inside the code

the galaxy whispers as it crosses the microscope

the formula of all things spreads its branches in the morning mist

pine-wind on seven strings wakes the sleeping grain of the wood

oil paint and rice paper elope into the dusk

when the thrown card cuts open the prism of light

dew is condensing on the arc of the taiji

starlight in the palm leads a child’s footsteps

the game is laid out under the eaves through four seasons

we practise measuring ridgelines with clouds

until the bearing of pine and cypress soaks into every bone

moonlight falls across the blank page still to come

grains of gold rustle in the hourglass

every unnamed seed has already set out

sprouting quietly along the line between dawn and dusk