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Tanka and Haiku

A moment (Tanka) Rain as wet silk falls On a rosebush which burnish Until gray sky smiles. And there is golden sunlight On my cottage whitewashed walls. Haiku Stillness of soft rain Dogs sleep in haylofts and sheds Dream of hunting boars

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Date: 12/22/2011 4:07:00 AM
Amazing, so much said in so few lines.
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Jan Oskar Hansen
Date: 12/22/2011 4:47:00 AM
thank you Anthony

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