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The Last Leaf Decides

the last leaf with a gust of wind decides it's time to go-- gone

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Skat A

Date: 8/21/2013 1:57:00 PM

Robert, you are a very beautiful haiku artist. gone gone,,, hope the meaning means change... SKAT

Roberthenry Poulin
Date: 8/21/2013 4:51:00 PM

MY MUSE, ALWAYS HAVE HOPE IF YOU HOPE TO LOVE YOURSELF SO YOU MAY GIVE OTHERS ALL THE LOVE YOU FEEL INSIDE YOU. THE EGO IS LIKEN TO A STRUCK MATCH, ONCE LIT IT CONSUMES ITSELF WITH PERVERTED PRIDE. TO LOVE SELF IS TO BE ABLE TO LOVE OTHERS. YES, THE MEANING MEANS HOPE TOO, I HOPE YOU LOVED IT LOL. BOB

Roberthenry Poulin
Date: 8/21/2013 4:48:00 PM

Skat, it means what you feel reading the haiku. I always give up the poem to my reader, what they see and feel in it is what I want it to be for them to enjoy. I wrote it in the Buddhist tradition, the Zen way, the Tao THE WAY. TO ME IT MEANS IN AUTUMN, THE LEAF LONELY AND WITH COMING WINTER IT DECIDES IT IS TIME TO LEAVE THE BRANCH THAT GAVE IT LIFE IN SPRING. BOB