Haiku 2017 - #261

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free, free
of the failing sun
last cottons of poplar

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Last of summer ...

the dandelions

have paid with their heads.

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Black moon ...

beneath paper leaves

the train grumbles.

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Nodding stems ...

the damselfly's

whisper.

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The moon a silver thorn ...

the Dog Star

wakes a sparrow.

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Pops out, winter wren

hops about and pops back in

... not yet, silly!

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Old road ...

sands of summer ants

in the alder's shoes.

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Pressed petals

found again

... fall again.

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Black slug

trailing the path

of dandelions.

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... and then, an alder leaf

end over end over end

and stops ...

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Watching the gecko

watching the ant

crawling away.

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Out from the forest

the flicker's cries

... me too.

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Where the deer bedded ...

a dream or two

of mine.

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'round n' 'round

the honor of silk wrappings

... the white fly.

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Silk repairs

on repairs

... but the leaves turn.

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Empty hazelnut ...

the squirrel

held nothing back.

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Oh! Shut up, crow!

Get out of the rain, crow!

... move over, crow.

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Just in time

for the white fly

to fly by.

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In cold rain

the jay's raspy voice

... inside, silly!

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Shaking his coat ...

rain to the rain

not his to keep.

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