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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.

! ! ! Clayton Medeiros, Editor, Poet, Photographer, ! ! ! claymedeiros@aol.com ! ! ! Neil McKay (Johnny Trash), Webmaster.

! ! ! Submissions are by invitation of the Editor.! ! !! ! ! Epublishing site with all issues of No Regrets Journal! ! ! http://issuu.com/claymedeiros/docs

! ! ! Facebook fan page with No Regrets Journal issues, ! ! ! haikus, poems and photographs! ! ! http://www.facebook.com/NoRegretsJournal

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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