gothic cathedral: vault crumbled, floors moss green; nature reclaims
Gothic Church Ruins [Haiku]
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Dream Limerick
There was a retiree named Graham who dreamt he was unprepared for an exam. "What a dream, you fool! You're sixty years out of school, and still have an impulse to cram!"
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Winter Moonlight [Haiku]
silver moonlight glints off the mid-winter thaw -- shining coldly
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Hypnotic Limerick
A hypnotic subject entered a trance, then clucked like a chicken and danced. "I didn't even ask you perform these tasks," said the hypnotist, looking askance.
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Metaphysical Limerick
A drunken old idealist philosopher got pulled over by a "pos'lif ossifer." "Oh, can't you see, my true self 's a tree, and you can't justly jail a conifer!"
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After the Quake [Haiku]
post-quake scaffolds, on the ancient temples, teach impermanence
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Lump of Color [Haiku]
drab winter forest. all is in earth tones, but one orange lump
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Desert Mystery [Haiku]
tracks in sand stretch dune after dune; no life in sight
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Warm Light [Haiku]
warm light strikes the ruins, and - briefly - they are new
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“Anguish” [Haiku]
mother bleats a cloud, standing over its dead lamb -- ringed by a murder
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