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Haiku For The Year |
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trees bow their bare heads under chilly caps of ice in contemplation the roads devour tires and hungry snow bites down hard on frozen windshields the blizzard roars in one fails to see through the white wall before the eyes the melt is snow's tears one counts the months in puddles as booted feet splash the breath of the wind is fresh now as the moist soil lets loose trapped flowers peepers in the swamp voice the green glimmerings of newly born leaflets the growl of thunder is the discontent of clouds trapped too long in heat the fat grasshoppers can barely summon their song under the dry sun a breeze breathes upon leaves of green; whispers turn them to copper and gold the ground crunches in protest that one should crack its silent solitude sugar powder snow dusts all that doesn't move and nips at all that does snowflakes grow fat now feeding off each other as they pile one on one --1998 |