Grey clouds,
brown earth,
a broad white smile

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This bright, silent moon
shines on me and also
Serbia; Iraq..

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How happy the meadow is!
How the trees tremble!
Flash! Thunder!

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Pale yellow primroses
hiding in the undergrowth
only seen by a few

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National Split Pea Soup Week
has passed its midpoint
without incident

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You took my breath away.
What did you do with it?
Ah yes, I remember.

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This autumn evening
my haiku speaks of sadness
yet the bare trees smile

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Does this mirrored face
have the same thoughts about me
as I have of it?

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The sky is heavy with rain.
a poem still only half read
in the sunshine

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The cherry tree laughed -
three days' yearly blossoming:
no haiku poet!

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