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Three haiku

By elizabethw

Wed, 20 Feb 2008
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Bare branches pattern
Against the winter-pale sky;
Cool breeze on my cheek.

I lie motionless
Your warm breath stroking my back
Watching the leaves dance.

Cauliflower clouds
Snail slime river crawls far below
Threading hotchpotch fields.

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