Four Seasonal Poems.

               1
The Christmas Present. 

Your book of Japanese poetry
Lay open upon my table.

Winter clouds split by sunlight,
Ice melts from my window.

                             December 25th.-26th.2012.

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                   2.
 Expected Reconciliation.

A face in the dusty mirror
Briefly glimpsed at sunset.

Your hand brushes my shoulder:
Jasmine blooms in the cold garden.

                               December 24th.-26th. 2012.  

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                       3.
             Late Autumn.

    Under pale skies we walk
    Collecting crimson apples
    To taste the sun.

                               April 26th. 1969.-December 26th. 2012. 

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                       4.
           New Year`s Eve.

        Being midnight
        The ants crept homeward
        Touched the grass
        With their little feet
        Leaving no prints.

                                July 1st. 1965. 

Trevor John Karsavin Potter. 
July 1965 - December 26th. 2012.   
A Happy Peaceful New Year, May all the kindest and best hopes and dreams come true.