April 2013
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- Written by: Stephen Bailey
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- Written by: Stephen Bailey
emptiness —
love drains the cup's
last drops
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defining limits
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
without godwits
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first light —
the universe shaping up
within her eyes
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sickle moon —
a cat plays cat and mouse
with a mouse
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starlit path . . .
a poinsettia brims
its sacrifice
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autumn rain . . .
a cypress susurrates
white sound
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moonstruck —
the lady of the lake
raises a sword
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in the spotlight
hiding behind the tears
of a clown
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the old pond —
another haiku missing
in action
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moonless night . . .
shadows lengthen along
a blind alley
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autumn harvest . . .
a breeze ripples a field
of wild oats
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antique verse —
a tadpole stirs up
the pond scum
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night fall —
shadows bridge the distance
between our eyes
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lacking voice,
dew-drenched trees burst into
a dawn chorus
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tropical storm —
a lavalava shadow
darkens coral sands
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overstayer!
the old woman spinning yarns
like a fifth wheel
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mosquito!
your life's chiaroscuro
on a white wall
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autumn light . . .
fig leaves wreathe through
a girl's song
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what holds me?
sound of a pine breeze
in her touch
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dried off cow
its eyes too look empty —
the flickering screen
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night train . . .
distance thins out
with its sound
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eluding
the words to unveil it:
mountain mist