AT THE CEMETERY
Magpies hop between
graves, staring with shiny eyes
at mylar balloons
On the headstone of
a baby, too young to be
named, leaves that trees wept
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HAIKU on the subject of wildlife:
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bed of summer grass
tilled damp garden
Holds cane, walks slowly
knees stiff and swollen, painful
limping, old and tired
Bent man, pleading eyes
stop it hurting, I
glittering moonlight,
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wintry breezes,
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Through its devious smile.
Beauty in the night
Monlight on the garden path
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On my evening walks.
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of freeway traffic.
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