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Petals on a wet, black bough
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11-25-2007 7:35 PM
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japanese
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irish
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english
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haiku
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11-26-2007
9:11 AM
haraya
Nice to find Pound in the title.
Here's Suicide's Note. One of my favorites, by Langston Hughes:
The calm,
Cool face of the river
Asked me for a kiss.
11-27-2007
5:08 AM
ghiberti
Well spotted, h!
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