Crossing Morning Harbor

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Jan 5

Jan 5 Crossing Morning Harbor

Clayton Pollard

To be more than like a boat
crossing the morning harbor.
That is life!

This poem was written in response to the Priest Mansei’s poem from ca. 730 below.

If pressed to compare
this brief life, I might declare:
It’s like the boat
that crossed this morrning’s harbor,
leaving no mark on the world.

Jan 5 Crossing Morning Harbor

Jan 6 A Wide River

Jan 5 Silence

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