Mare Liberum
Solo & Collaborative Poetry with Jacob D. Salzer
Published Work (Haiku & Senryu)
The following is a selection of my haiku and senryu published in books, websites and journals.
All haiku & senryu are copyright © by Jacob D. Salzer
a single word
re-ignites the fire
Chinook wind
2024 HSA Members' Anthology
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woodsmoke . . .
the afterlife
of ants
Under the Bashō, 2024
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a revolving dream
of her returning . . .
the evening tide
Under the Bashō, 2024
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fresh snow
a trail of footprints
in the raven's dream
Presence, issue #79
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empty nest . . .
a cold moon settles
in the ghosts of trees
Presence, issue #79
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mother's voice
on the answering machine . . .
melting snow
Wales Haiku Journal, Spring 2024 edition
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sea wind—
the pearls of her necklace
in the raven's nest
Wales Haiku Journal, Spring 2024 edition
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strands of a web —
the secret
she let go
tsuri-dōrō May/June 2024 issue #21
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a bruised apple in his voice the scent of rain
cattails, April 2024 issue
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reaching the shore . . .
a cold wind howls
in the pines
Hedgerow #145, 2024
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a lost key
in a room in her body
summer rain
Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, Jan./Feb. 2024
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distant thunder
in pine tree darkness
the raven's dream
Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, Jan./Feb. 2024
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grandma's ashes . . .
the Columbia River flows
into the sea
Seabeck Haiku Anthology, 2021;
Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)
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scent of green tea
in my travel mug
the forest's darkness
The Heron's Nest, Volume XXIII, Number 4: December 2021;
Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)
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barely audible downstream sounds of a lonely warrior
Is/Let, October 28, 2021
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cold wind seeking a flame— the river’s darkness
Is/Let, October 28, 2021;
Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)
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in the wet garden strands of her leaving
Is/Let, October 28, 2021;
Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)
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dinosaur bones . . .
the length
of my shadow
Frogpond 44:3, Autumn 2021
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smell of moss
on our ancestor’s headstone
my father’s shadow
H.S.A. Members Anthology 2021;
Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)
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polished stone
the hidden messages
in her smile
Failed Haiku, Volume 6, Issue 66
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sign language
the stories of a farm
in her hands
Presence #70, 2021;
Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)
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iPhone factory –
the many parts
of the ego
Prune Juice #34, July 2021
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scent of cedar lake fishing in a new canoe
Frogpond 44:2, Spring/Summer 2021
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dream tunnel a worm enters the fallen apple
Heliosparrow Journal, April 24, 2021;
Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)
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sea shell —
the old man curls
into a fetus
Heliosparrow Journal, April 24, 2021;
Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)
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plum blossom...
before the baby
has a name
The Heron's Nest, Volume XXIII, Number 2: June, 2021;
Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)
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forest mist . . .
thoughts drift
into other worlds
Chrysanthemum 29, spring issue 2021;
Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)
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morning mist . . .
the cold breath
of a soldier
Modern Haiku 52:2 (Winter-Spring 2021)
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picking kale—
the darkened veins
in grandma's hands
Kingfisher, issue #3, 2021;
Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)
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lost
in my digital footprint . . .
the weight of snow
Kingfisher, issue #2, 2020;
Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)
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cherry blossoms...
a puddle fills
with stars
Second Place, Haiku Sanctuary Kukai, April 2020
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heavy net
the eyes of a fish
become still
Featured in the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery Masters of Japanese Prints 2020 website exhibition
Inspired and displayed with a print: Fishing Boats with Nets under Ryōgoku Bridge, 1790 by Kitagawa Utamaro I (1753-1806) - Mb4757
SOURCE: https://exhibitions.bristolmuseums.org.uk/japanese-prints/haikus/
Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)
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friendship...
a gold koi swims
between stars
(for Sharon)
Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka
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electric guitar
the reverberation
of teenage dreams
Under the Basho, 2019 (Modern Haiku category)
Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka
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tuning the guitar
the tension
between us
Under the Basho, 2019 (Modern Haiku category)
Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka
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noisy highway...
homeless tents
in the wind
Frogpond 42:3, Autumn 2019
Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka
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darkness...
a moth carries
its own light
The Heron's Nest, Volume XX, September 2018
Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka
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painting
another sunrise
morning rain
Under the Basho, 2017 (Modern Haiku category)
Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka
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guitar solo
a seagull hovers
above the water
Under the Basho, 2017 (Modern Haiku category)
Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka
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fishing after dark river sounds never fading
Under the Basho, 2017
Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka
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empty of desire a room floods with light
Under the Basho, 2017
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bold winter shapes New York Times
Under the Basho, 2017
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sunset . . .
the rust on Grandpa's
license plates
The Heron's Nest, Sept. 17 issue, 2017
Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka
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winter rain
headlines trickle down
a vacant driveway
The Heron's Nest, XIX, Number 1, March 2017
Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka
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check-mate
shadows become still
on the marble steps
Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum No. 19, April 2016
How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence
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flash-back
I adjust the time
on my camera
Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum No. 19, April 2016
How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence
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staring
at a familiar stranger
sunset
A Hundred Gourds, 5.3, June 2016
How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence
Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka
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smell of lavender
foreign words drift
in the wind
Under the Basho, 2016 (Modern Haiku category)
How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence
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heavy rain
a forest trail
lost in mud
Under the Basho, 2016 (Modern Haiku category)
How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence
Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka
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this orange
touched by so many hands
I eat with gratitude
The Heron's Nest XVII, Number 3, September, 2015
How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence
Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka
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no longer attached
thoughts come and go
the sound of waves
Chrysanthemum 18, October, 2015
How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence
Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka
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no thoughts
light filters through
the shape of glass
Frogpond 38:3, Autumn 2015
How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence
Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka
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how many
become one
sound of rain
Frogpond 38:3, Autumn 2015
The Living Haiku Anthology
Haiku Commentary
How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence
Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2020)
Desert Rain: Haiku Nook Anthology (Lulu, 2022)
Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)
autumn moonlight . . .
how quietly she appears
in my dream
2023 Seabeck Haiku Getaway Anthology (Haiku Northwest Press, 2024)
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returning without you and i the endless sea
Whiptail: journal of the single-line poem, February 2024
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rows of yellow corn . . .
a dead end sign
on the one-way street
Trash Panda, issue #6
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a deafening silence
in slow drifting fog . . .
charcoal trees
Trash Panda, issue #6
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fish bones
in the river's darkness
a bear's dream
Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, December 1, 2023
https://heliosparrow.com/2023/12/6-43/
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a cold wind—
will she remember me
in the next life?
2023 Seabeck Anthology, 4th place in the kukai
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empty clam shell—
the sound of her voice
in the evening tide
2023 Seabeck Anthology, 4th place in the kukai
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winter rain . . .
the hidden roots
of my family tree
Under the Bashō 2023, Haiku
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burned cottonwood seeds from a past life
Under the Bashō 2023, Haiku
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a long journey . . .
in mother's clothing
the scent of snow
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 7:1, Autumn/Winter 2023
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mother's voice
beyond the church wall
a trail of moss
Chrysanthemum 31, Fall issue 2023
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standing dead tree —
an angel's breath
in the understory
Haiku Canada Review, October 2023 issue
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her last breath . . .
between patches of snow
a violet in full bloom
Kingfisher #8, 2023
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mountain wind . . .
a Luna moth's journey
between stars
Hedgerow #143, 2023
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displaced logs
from a colonial cabin
the sound of a creek
Under the Bashō 2023, Haiku
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sapphire ice
begins to thaw . . .
the elder's story
Under the Bashō 2023, Haiku
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climbing
the Seminary Hill forest
a Pacific Wren's song
Under the Bashō 2023, Haiku
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in the darkness
of a hollow tree
the owl's dream
Under the Bashō 2023, Haiku
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the red sun sets
between pale white sails
a turbulent sea
Under the Bashō 2023, Haiku
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her tears . . .
the river ice melts
into a song
Under the Bashō 2023, Haiku
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oak trees rising
from old church ruins —
voices in the wind
Under the Bashō 2023, Haiku
Fractured by Cattails: 2023 Haiku Society of America Members' Anthology
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dripping icicle . . .
I step into
someone else's dream
Under the Bashō 2023, Haiku
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darkness shapes the timeless river returning stones
Hedgerow #142, 2023
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finishing her sentence the cicada's cry
Hedgerow #142, 2023
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overgrown cemetery—
the tangled roots
of my family tree
The Heron's Nest, Volume XXV, Number 2: June 2023
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forest trail . . .
at the end of a thought
a robin's song
deepening leaves: 2022 Seabeck Haiku Getaway Anthology (Haiku Northwest Press, 2023. Edited by Lisa Gerlits & Antoinette Cheung)
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sudden downpour —
the sound of my friends
clapping
deepening leaves: 2022 Seabeck Haiku Getaway Anthology (Haiku Northwest Press, 2023. Edited by Lisa Gerlits & Antoinette Cheung)
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winter rain . . .
the untold stories
in his obituary
Haiku Canada Review, February issue 2023
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forest sunset . . .
grandpa turns off
his iPhone
Hedgerow #141, 2023
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tree roots descending into darkness the horse's dream
Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, December 22, 2022
https://heliosparrow.com/2022/12/5-37/
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washed ashore
the bones of yesterday
the future of me
Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, December 22, 2022
https://heliosparrow.com/2022/12/4-45/
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crescent moon —
a glimpse of salmon
in the river's darkness
Sing the Salmon Home Anthology, 2023
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a long hug
at the train station
evening fog
Frogpond 46:1 Winter 2023
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river mist...
the faint whispers
of a lost prophet
The Heron's Nest, Volume XXIV, Number 3: September 2022
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twisted metaphors
in the gnarled oak tree
a robin's song
Frogpond 45:3 Autumn 2022
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a gentle tide
entering my dream
the call of a loon
Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku
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trail dust ...
climbing Mount Hood
with my shadow
Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku
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campfire embers ...
my mother's voice
drifting to sleep
Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku
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winter rain —
on my resume
the weight of ink
Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku
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sunbeams
in a trail of dust
a moth in flight
Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku
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first confession —
a heavy stone falls
into the sea
Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku
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revisiting
her tombstone
the scent of moss
Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku
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among endless
trees and deep valleys
the mystery of me
Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku
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unplugged—
I walk into the forest
without a sound
Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku;
Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)
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family game night
the lantern's hum
gathering moths
Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku;
Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)
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distant thunder ...
lifetimes echo
in the oak tree
Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku;
Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)
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darkness in the old Redwood voices
Under the Bashō 2022, Haiku;
Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)
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past lives
from my acoustic guitar
the scent of spruce
The Heron’s Nest, Volume XXIV, Issue 2, June 2022;
Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)
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grandpa’s stream
the long journey
of mountain rain
First Frost, issue #3, Spring 2022;
Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)
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Saturn's rings . . .
the ghost of a marriage
on her finger
Failed Haiku, issue 74, 2022 (sci-fi edition)
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finally
without a business suit
summer wind
Frogpond 45:1, Winter 2022
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a homeless man
mumbles something to himself
winter wind
Hedgerow #137, 2022;
Unplugged— Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)
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forgetting my name
the hook disappears
beneath the water
A Hundred Gourds 5.1, December, 2015
Haiku Commentary
How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence
Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka
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crashing
against the shore
moonlight
Modern Haiku 47:1, Winter 2016
How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence
Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka
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solar eclipse
the untold stories
in grandma’s eyes
Failed Haiku, Volume 1, Issue 1, January 2016
How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence
Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka
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as if Jazz
wasn’t enough
rain
Haiku Canada Review, February 2016 Issue
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her hands unfolding a butterfly
Under the Basho, 2015
Yanty’s Butterfly: Haiku Nook: An Anthology, 2016
How Many Become One: A Haiku Sequence
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dead insects
on a stagnant pond—
the distant rapids
Birds With No Names: Haiku Poetry
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dementia . . .
a snowfield devoid
of footprints
Birds With No Names: Haiku Poetry
Mare Liberum: Haiku & Tanka
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tall stalks of bamboo
reaching over
my old neighbor's fence
The Sound of Rain: Haiku Poetry
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under one blanket
small whispers
falling asleep
The Sound of Rain: Haiku Poetry