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the cypress waits for
wisteria to wake up.
too early in spring
Haiku is high art in Japan, the entire poem encapsulated in seventeen single syllable characters. English Haiku can deviate from the form of five, seven, and five syllable lines, but the form demands an economy of lanuage that distills a single moment to its barest elements.
Rags slouch in the street
I roll the window tighter
He gets a smile through
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the raven hurries
from fog to fog vanishing
she does not have time
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