Haiku
edited by Kala Ramesh
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two Japanese beetles
in the morning glory
wedding lace
pampas painting September sunset
journey northward
one roadside weed
replaces another
forced tulips
the teen deletes
his browser history
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petticoat blue panties
wedged in a rock
– underwater blues
bedroom wallpaper
– an odd fly
against the pattern
hanging flower basket
unable to hide
decaying townhouse
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first snowflakes
the intermittent glints
of diving ducks
bones in the snow . . .
a raven tugs
on a wolf's tail
a sapsucker tattoos
the gnarled apple trunk . . .
rites of spring
thunder without rain
sometimes the gods
visit in disguise
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sea breeze
when even the moon
tastes of salt
moonless night
I hold on to the comfort
of one dream
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highway rain ...
an autorickshaw
chugs along
autumn dusk
a luxury car leaves
the old-age home
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the gray pigeon
catches my eye
winter deepens
dogs circle
knots of people
winter dusk
the good old dog days
burning leaves of grass
with a magnifying glass
meeting
an old friend
change of season
first date
a small bird lands
on the park bench
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New neighborhood -
the young mother
walks her puppy again
Brewing bitter herbs
more killings
on the morning news
At Mother’s grave
black umbrellas
and a red wool coat
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somewhere in the rain distant wisteria
everything forgotten shifting moonlight
every snow the same white landscape of her skin
in the hospital windows
nothing but more hospital