Haiku for the twelve months of the year
from around the world.
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Poet: John Bird Region: East Coast of Australia |
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January |
first sunrise ~ the Pacific Ocean curves around me |
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February |
the droop of she-oaks on sand dunes ~ sunbathers |
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March |
mutton bird - you should stay here, Alaska is frozen |
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April |
Anzac march ~ a child's shirt lopsided with medals |
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May |
whale-watchers huddled on Cape Byron ~ unbroken sea |
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June |
first frost ~ the straw-necked ibis spears a tussock |
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July |
misty paddock ~ listening for cow bells I hear the creek |
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August |
cootamundra wattle ~ giggling teenagers pack a phone booth |
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September |
south wind ~ the norfolk pine stirs grey clouds |
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October |
twilight moon ~ a stream of fruitbats out of the scrub |
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November |
chain lightning ~ our house too low for the dog to crawl under |
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December |
beach cricket ~ high tide reclaims the pitch |
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