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No Regrets Journal
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Island Time Winter Issue 2015 Issue 13
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No Regrets, a journal of poetry, prose and images about the twists and turns in the search for love, meaning and community.
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Clayton Medeiros, Editor, Poet, Photographer, claymedeiros@aol.com
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Neil McKay (Johnny Trash), Webmaster.
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Submissions are by invitation of the Editor.
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Facebook fan page with No Regrets Journal issues, haikus, poems and photographs http://www.facebook.com/NoRegretsJournal
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Epublishing site with all issues of No Regrets Journal http://issuu.com/claymedeiros/docs
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Rooster choristers Doves mynah birds and cardinals Blue morning bird song
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Sunlit blue faced doves Huddle in the dirt road warmth Startled into flight
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Seek and hide and seek Endlessly weave round and round Banyan mysteries
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Morning dissipates Clouds billow over green hills The bay’s gentle surf
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White surf paints black cliffs Monk seal asleep on the beach Quiet companion
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Humpback whale breaches The island bound frigate birds Curve and carve the sky
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Trade winds disappear The island’s gray clouds resting Stillness waits for rain
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Cool winds announce dusk Rain rattles the metal roof Porch candles flicker
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Gray mist everywhere Fishing rods bend to the surf Ghost crabs on the beach
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Cloud shrouded sunlight Horizon’s limitations Waves glint to the beach
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An island sunset Waves against the fading light Roosters quiet now
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Shy moon in the clouds Waves rumble along the beach Tell surfing stories