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II. "Out my Window" Haiku
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From: Tom Frenkel
muggy, thunderstorm
letting all the anger out
now comes clarity
From: Andreas Schoter
Crook-winged cruisers glide,
White against a fading sky,
Sailing coastal winds.
From: Debbie Blohm 's wife
sad lonely widow
tending late husband's garden
memories of love
roses growing in
a beautiful arch of red
tugging at my heart
From: Gary Warner
Singing cardinal
Hidden in pine branches
There! A streak of red!
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III. "My Job" -- original haiku by our subscribers
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From: "Robert M. Perry"
SYSTEM MANAGER
The system crashed again
the fault light glows angstfully
soon my phone will ring
From: Debbie Blohm 's wife
never ending job
lover, peacemaker, planner
being wife and mom
chauffeur, laundress, chef
gardener, diaperer
blissfully happy
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III. Original Haiku by Our Subscribers
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From: NORIM@EARLHAM.BITNET
1.Kitsutsuki no Busy woodpeckers
ookesutora hibiku orchestrating sounds
kyanpasu nai in the campus
2.Souchou to With the President
kaerikuru haiuei coming home on the highway
natsuno yoru a summer night
From: Gary Warner
Each footstep echoed
by a splash near sunning rocks
Nervous turtles!
From: Mykel Board
on the library step
the young secretary reads
Decoding Your Dreams.
From: Bill Blohm
The following two haiku, written against a challenge by a friend,
and submitted under the request for original work, a bit
of history. I am deaf. A friend challenged me to write a poem
or series of poems that describe several aspects of deafness in a
hearing world. One of these that I am working on deals
exclusively with music. I decided to attempt two preliminary
haiku on this subject. While I will welcome comments, I will pay
no attention to any criticism unless they are by totally deaf
people.
A Family Get-Together
Family gathers,
Talk, laughter, children. squeals, food...
my lonely silence.
Music
Emotional sound...
Spiritual rampages...
I weep, not hearing.
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