plume noire

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on the white path
a torn black feather -
scorching sun
















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haïkus de coeur

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Shiki
even in his room
a poet

George O Hawkins

(for Svetlana)

mountain views
from the hotel window;
no extra charge

Johnny Baransky

Barbie bathes
in
Coca Cola







Barbie
wearing her dress
of yesterday's news







fashion designer
to the dolls
my three year old







Barbie wearing
the latest fashion
a cabbage leaf

Donall Dempsey

new moon turning over the penny in my pocket

Michèle Harvey

balmy evening
picking up sticks
toddler and sparrow

Kathy Uyen Nguyen

running through
me, this river
filled with stars . . .

Robert D Wilson
(for Svetlana)

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