Fast, tense Past's pretence,
Present presence, overcome -
Future recompense

haiku by Jonathan Robin (12 April 2005)
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And you, passer by,
why the concern with my pains,
what's to sell I'd buy?

haiku by Jonathan Robin (12 April 2005)
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six seven eight nine
when will ten come round again?
a knock out punch line

haiku by Jonathan Robin (18 April 2005)
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Acceptance chants dance
elegance finds ulti...mate
umb...rage checks advance

haiku by Jonathan Robin (07 February 2007)
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Warmth shared uncovers
thaw's cause effect redraws laws,
no flaws discovers

haiku by Jonathan Robin (24 October 2006)
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Angry engine wails,
angry welt where calm indwelt
sudden [sl]iced by trails

haiku by Jonathan Robin (12 April 1984)
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Self-feeding, the fire
desires its own warmth, and warms
to its own desire.

haiku by Jonathan Robin (10 January 1989)
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Layers of coloured leaf
prepare the Summer's bounty
beyond Winter's grief.

haiku by Jonathan Robin (28 March 2005)
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'Next New Year? ' she said,
'perhaps you will call to find
everybody dead.'

haiku by Jonathan Robin (10 January 1993)
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Verse: a crys[t]al id,
cusp between p]rose-leaf larva
and the Song of Songs

haiku by Jonathan Robin (13 January 1993)
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