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hhh  

by Beppe Wolgers

Hhh

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Me — wheee!  

by Muhammad Ali

Me — wheee!

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Their Sex Life  

by A R Ammons

 One failure on
Top of another

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Haiku  

by Jack Kerouac

 The taste
 of rain
—Why kneel?

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A bee  

by Matsuo Basho

 A bee
staggers out
 of the peony.

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Solitary Observation Brought Back From A Sojourn In Hell  

by Louise Bogan

 At midnight tears
Run in your ears.

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Old well  

by Yosa Buson

 Old well,
a fish leaps--
 dark sound.

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In spring rain  

by Kobayashi Issa

 In spring rain
a pretty girl
 yawning.

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Haiku  

by Jack Kerouac

 Birds singing
 in the dark
—Rainy dawn.

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Sparrow singing  

by Yosa Buson

 Sparrow singing--
its tiny mouth
 open.

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Not very anxious  

by Kobayashi Issa

 Not very anxious
to bloom,
my plum tree.

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I float like a butterfly, sting like a bee  

by Muhammad Ali

I float like a butterfly, sting like a bee

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Napped half the day  

by Kobayashi Issa

 Napped half the day;
no one 
punished me!

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A Sunshiny Shower  

by Mother Goose

A sunshiny shower
Won't last half an hour.

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Upon Being Asked Why I Am Not Writing  

by Barry Tebb

 Too much gone wrong – 

No Muse, no song.

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Im going out  

by Kobayashi Issa

 I'm going out,
flies, so relax,
make love.

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Evening wind  

by Yosa Buson

 Evening wind:
water laps
 the heron's legs.

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The competitions of the sky  

by Emily Dickinson

 The competitions of the sky
Corrodeless ply.

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Blow of an ax  

by Yosa Buson

 Blow of an ax,
pine scent,
the winter woods.

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Fleas lice  

by Matsuo Basho

 Fleas, lice,
a horse peeing
 near my pillow.

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Dont worry spiders  

by Kobayashi Issa

 Don't worry, spiders,
I keep house
casually.

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Faith  

by Dejan Stojanovic

Dust to dust, 
Ashes to ashes. 
Is that all? 

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The moon tonight  

by Kobayashi Issa

 The moon tonight--
I even miss
her grumbling.

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A cicada shell  

by Matsuo Basho

 A cicada shell;
it sang itself
 utterly away.

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l(a  

by Edward Estlin (E E) Cummings

l(a

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af
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one
l

iness

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