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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: Jim Morrison Region: Wakefield, New Brunswick, Canada |
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JANUARY Sky |
threatening black clouds drifting over st. john river bring a blizzard |
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FEBRUARY Death |
owl drifts—soundless— rabbit screams as talons grab red snow flurry |
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MARCH Flight |
flight of snowbirds circling valley snow they land to feed |
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APRIL Flowers |
trilliums festoon April valley's rich forests— harbinger of spring |
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MAY Land |
tractor growls preparing sun-leavened field for potato crop |
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JUNE New Life |
fields of potatoes bring life to river valley, hope for the future |
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JULY Animals |
new pastoral scenes cattle and horses roam on valley pastures |
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AUGUST Time |
time invades valley potato and fruit brighten fields and trees with bloom |
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SEPTEMBER Water |
lack of rainfall threatens the crops water is needed |
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OCTOBER Loss |
farmers forecast loss as crops fail to grow to full potential |
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NOVEMBER Aquatic Life |
river ice appears sending all aquatic life into long winter |
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DECEMBER Family |
time to be jolly during the December days of shopping, loving |
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