Kung Fu Girl

I am waiting for Kung Fu Girl

to tell her story

waiting for the paper cranes to fly

spinning plates

balanced on long poles

poetry and apps

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spinning plates

osito, Gramma’s Walk

publication inspiration

Moon Song quilts

swirling cranes

Kung Fu Girl

spinning plates

can’t let them fall

spinning plates

and waiting for the calm

waiting for the time to breathe

waiting for the words

of my next poem.

Beside me the candle flame

lights the serene face of Quan Yin

and I look to the sky

where rosy clouds drift slowly

calmly against the blue

and I

am breathing.