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Haiku for the twelve months of the year from around the world. |
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Haiku for the twelve months of the year from around the world. |
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Poet: Rosa Clement Region: Manaus, Amazonas, Northern Brazil |
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JANUARY Sky |
ancient tree felled its canopy now replaced by a wider sky |
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FEBRUARY Death |
funeral prayers a minute of silence followed by thunder |
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MARCH Flight |
winter dusk only the black bird's flight seen between trees |
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APRIL Flowers |
errant passion fruit my electric wire crowded with flowers |
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MAY Land |
cassava harvest from the muddy baby's face a stream of smiles |
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JUNE New Life |
end of winter melancholically I clean the window's nest |
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JULY Animals |
summer rain on the military field a sleeping horse |
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AUGUST Time |
ninetieth birthday he poses for a picture beneath the oak tree |
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SEPTEMBER Water |
summer heat creek bottom's rocks catch the light |
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OCTOBER Loss |
shimmering summer the time approaches for him to die |
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NOVEMBER Aquatic Life |
dark room an orange fish flickers from its aquarium |
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DECEMBER Family |
Christmas day the dog sniffs each unwrapped present |
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