the butterfly
will remember forever
that she was a worm

haiku by Mario Benedetti from Haikus' Corner (Rincón de Haikus) (1999), translated by Dan Costinaş
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a pessimist is
nothing but an optimist
very well informed

haiku by Mario Benedetti from Haikus' Corner (Rincón de Haikus) (1999), translated by Dan Costinaş
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the worst for echo
is always repeating the
same stupidities

haiku by Mario Benedetti from Haikus' Corner (Rincón de Haikus) (1999), translated by Dan Costinaş
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fruitless of thinking
about what we used to be
when we are away

haiku by Mario Benedetti from New Haikus' Corner (Nuevo Rincón de Haikus) (2008), translated by Dan Costinaş
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When I shut my eyes
then open them everything
has already changed

haiku by Mario Benedetti from Haikus' Corner (Rincón de Haikus) (1999), translated by Dan Costinaş
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what is learned and what
is taught in the double bed
are wholly priceless

haiku by Mario Benedetti from Haikus' Corner (Rincón de Haikus) (1999), translated by Dan Costinaş
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blockade / alzheimer /
hiroshima / nato / aids /
it wasn't a good century

haiku by Mario Benedetti from Haikus' Corner (Rincón de Haikus) (1999), translated by Dan Costinaş
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