ten virtues of incense burning

1. incense burning opens the mind to divinity
2. incense burning purifies the mind and body
3. incense burning divests the mind of worldly impurities
4. incense burning wakes up the mind and keeps one alert
5. incense burning encourages the mind in solitude
6. incense burning brings peace to a busy mind
7. one cannot burn too much incense
8. even a little incense is enough
9. the age of the incense does not affect its efficacy
10. habitual use of incense causes no harm

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light of dawn
light of dusk

no difference

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the glow
of a dream
only lasts
for a day

to be
replaced (erased)
by night's slumber

white birch
gives way to
ponderosa pine

carving
s-curves
in snow

peaceful views
on bliss mountain

white horse white snow

white horse
on white snow
background

water slowly
trickles
like bits
of glass being
flicked about

bubbles
gurgles
murmurs
clinkings

liquid ice

one million
simultaneous
micro-melodies

water finds
its course

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red cardinal
white blizzard

cloud brothers

the brothers cloud
hardly speak
to each other

chopping wood
building fences
cooking food
they work
silently

walter quietly strums a guitar
nick is snoring in the other room