Haikus from Four Dignities, Noviembre 2016

Giant Banana Trees

Elephants

I honor your majestry

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Cold hot, hot cold

Ansy

Among Beauty

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The sun

On my neck

Heats deeply

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Grass

Between leaves

Are not weeds

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Moss covers the soil

Where nothing else will grow

Here and at home

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Walking on the lawn

Spikes of cactus

Reach for the sky

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Dew on Blades of Grass

Sparkle like jewels. I sit.

Now my ass is wet

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Cloudless sky is open

Layers of green. So alive

Sitting on a corpse

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Moist dirt, a dead leaf

A rotten avocado

Warm sun on my back

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Una pelota ponchada

Azul y Blanca

Niños jugaron con ella

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Tela de araña en el sol

Destellos luminosos

Seda transparente

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Pink petals surprise among dark green

And just when I notice

Fireworks!!!

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Drunken bumblebees

Around opioid blossoms

Fly half hazardly

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A Tangerine tree

Graced by the dramatic flight

Of white butterflies

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Wind chime

No wind

So quiet

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Mirror

On the brick wall

Reflecting the world

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Dewy grass

Wet socks

Cold feet

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Slow down

Notice the light

Playing on the wall