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Spring Haiku.(Poem)

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| September 01, 2001 | Lansdown, Andrew | COPYRIGHT 2001 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

 
SPRING HAIKU 
 
   1 
   Spring. In the fork 
   of a branch, a pair of doves 
   playing fiddlesticks. 
 
   2 
   Bride with confetti-- 
   the aged almond tree standing 
   in her strewn flowers. 
 
   3 
   Walking with my son-- 
   a swallow flits past--"Oh, that 
   was wobbly flying!" 
 
   4 
   A poppy seeded 
   in a crack in the footpath. 
   I pause to pick it. 
 
   5 
   The half-closed daisies-- 
   a squadron of shuttle-cocks 
   ...

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