Haiku 2021 - #531

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herald angels ...

the voices

of children

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Haiku 2021 - #336

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the water

where kids were playing

is almost gone

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Of things painful:

the child laughing on a high branch

... only watching.

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Children teased

tossed round 'n round

in the maple seed rains ...

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Train window ...

she rubs the frown

from the setting sun.

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Pop!

from leaves

in a ragged pile

she smiles

a snaggle smile.

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Spinning giggles ...

she splashes a wave

through pigeons.

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Days of Sakura

chases of children

... of petals.

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Amber field

old hands harvesting

the laughter of children.

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(Inspired by Milan Malovrh's "Grain Harvest" at 1x.com)

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The child -

the sycamore's shadow

beyond the fence.

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The child's tears

some years past

... flakes in a pond.

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Shadows

of monsters on the wall

... to hear them giggle.

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 (Inspired by Jimmy Dovholt's "Producing Nightmares" at 1x.com)

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Humming
dancing with her son
... dances in the sun.

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Dusting off a smile
Whoopsy-daisy, he says
... just like I taught him.

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A tiny hand
balloon of smiles
... away.

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Gaia swelling
children of children
... blood for love of blood.

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Maple springs again
and one last child
... falls.

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Not the bubble
... the giggle
not rainbows ... the search.

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Sanctuary, stew and stain
of forgotten womb
peeling, folding away.

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