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Rated: ASR · Folder · Arts · #188180
...a chance to think, meditate, be aware of my surroundings.
The basic idea is simple, three lines: 5 syllables to be used on the first and third lines, the second line is seven syllables.
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    First bluebird of spring
    Rain  Open in new Window.
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    Raining for 5 days in a row...
    McDonald's: 7 AM  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Experience · #1903099
    Looking out the window at the parking lot.
    Late for Dinner  Open in new Window.
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    Life and Death  Open in new Window.
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    Arizona Pines  Open in new Window.
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    Renegade  Open in new Window.
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    Rated: E · Experience · #735970
    Haiku: The night of the power outage, Aug. 14th, 2003
    Sad Summer Day  Open in new Window.
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    Haiku: Tragedy at the Farmer's Market in Santa Monica.
    Dawn  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Experience · #706727
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    Morning Walk  Open in new Window.
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    Iraq  Open in new Window.
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    Rated: E · Experience · #638573
    Haiku: Tonight I'm at my PC, trying to keep warm, listening to rain on a tin roof.
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    A sad day for all...
    Daybreak  Open in new Window.
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    haiku: observed from my porch while retrieving the morning paper
    A Long Day  Open in new Window.
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    Redwoods  Open in new Window.
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    Haiku: Helping to save the trees for future generations.
    Birds of Prey  Open in new Window.
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    Rated: E · Experience · #575114
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    Building Blocks  Open in new Window.
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    Haste Makes Waste  Open in new Window.
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    Haiku: The title explains it.
    Shooting Star  Open in new Window.
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    Yard Sale  Open in new Window.
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    War  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Political · #533998
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    First Rain  Open in new Window.
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    Surfer Girl  Open in new Window.
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    Dreams  Open in new Window.
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    Rated: E · Personal · #523875
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    a metaphor
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