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HAIKU #2 by EDRIE

                                HAIKU #2  by  EDRIE JEFFERSON

               HAIKU  THE ENCHANTMENT OF REALITY

                                                     by
                                     EDRIE JEFFERSON

                                      (copyright c 1978)



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               tHESE  HAIKU  ARE TO THOSE WHO LOOK AT THE FAMILIAR
                                                           AND
                                          SEE  ENCHANTMENT.

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                                                        SPRING

                     i WORK FOR AWHILE
                     IN  AN  UNEASY  SILENCE.
                    aT LAST, A BIRD SINGS.
                              
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                        THERE IS THAT CROCUS
                        INSISTING  NOW IS THE TIME...
                        WHILE  PUSHING  UP SNOW.

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                        EVEN  AN EARTHWORM
                        MUST FORGIVE  CULTIVATION
                       SPRING  HAS  COME AT LAST

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                       I PULL  THE WEEDS  OUT
                       TO MAKE THE GARDEN TIDY
                       CAN'T  FIND THE SEEDLINGS.

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                       WHERE  MY  HANDS  HAD PRESSED
                       SEEDS  INTO  SMALL MOON CRATERS
                       THERE  ARE STRANGE  STAGE  CRAFT

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                             THE VALLEY  SHIMMERS
                             WITH A PALE  PINK  RADIANCE
                             OH...THIS FIRST BLOSSOM!

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                          WIND  AND PEACH  PETALS
                          WHIRLING  TOGETHER IN  PLAY
                          TURN  THE GARDEN  PINK

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                         WHEN I LOOK AGAIN
                         THE OLD NEGLECTED PEACH TREE
                         IS NOW A PINK CLOUD

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                        FROST  ON THE BLOSSOMS
                        ONCE AGAIN  THERE'LL  BE  NO FRUIT
                        OH TREE...I'M SORRY!

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                       A  SNOW  MELTING SUN...
                       EAVE  GUTTERS  DRIP STEADILY:
                       SILVER  WATER VEILS

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                      MISTY  MORNING FOG
                      SOFTENS THE SHARPNESS OF ROCKS
                      AND  THE RIVER'S  DIN

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                     TV  ANTENNAS
                     DEFY THE ONCOMING MIST
                     LOST, BUT NOT SILENT

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                     RAINDROPS TRY  TO WARN...
                     BUT FOR ME TO MORE...IT TAKES
                     A LOUD  THUNDERCLAP

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                    AN  EXPECTED RAIN
                    CAUGHT IN IT, I  ARRIVE  SOAKED!
                    BUT I KNEW I WOULD

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                    IT HAS RAINED  TWO DAYS
                    NOW THE NEW ROCKS DO NOT LOOK
                    FORLORN STRANGERS

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                   BRIGHT  SUNSTRUCK  JEWELS
                   CLING FAST TO THIS LEAFLESS  BRANCH
                   UNTIL A  BIRD LANDS

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                  A  HAZY MOON SWIMS
                  UNDER LEAVES AND TWIGS
                  IN THIS  DUSK DARK POOL

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                 THE BREEZE BRINGS A  SCENT
                 NOT OFTEN  SOUND AROUND HERE:
                 THE SMELL  OF  MOWED GRASS

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                                                            SUMMER

                    MY  NEIGHBOR'S  ROOSTER
                    SINGS UP THE NEW  MORNING SUN
                    oH  THAT  ALARM CLOCK!

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                   ANCIENT  CAMPFIRE STONES
                   ONCE AGAIN A  PLUME OF  SMOKE
                   SPEAKS TO THE MOUNTAIN

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                   MY WILLFUL  SHADOW
                   WALKS WITH THE  CLIFF  LINE OF TREES
                   INSTEAD OFD WITH ME

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                  I CROSS THE RIVER
                  WITH NO FEAR  OF THE TORRENT
                  HA!  HA!   DRY  RIVER  BED

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                 THE PINES ARCH ABOVE
                  BRILLIANT  SUNSSHAFTS  BURN THEIR WAY
                  TO ANCIENT  BLEACHED ROCKS

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                  THE MOVING  BRANCHES
                  SPOTLIGHT  THE  SHADOWED PAGE
                  OF MY  OLD  JOURNAL

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                HOW LONG DID  I DREAM?
                WHITE  PETALS ON MY SHOULDER...
                AND A  BUTTERFLY!

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              THE BUTTERFLY  DARES
               TO REST ON THE LITTLE SKUNK
               UNAWARE AND   SAFE

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             THE WHOLE DAY IN TOWN
              THE GARDEN, LEFT TO ITSELF,
               SULKS BEHIND NEW WEEDS
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           A HOSTILE  HORNET
WITH ITS ENGINE WIDE  OPEN
COMES IN FOR A  KILL
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THIS  ROSE IF PERFECT!
IS THAT WHY I  DANNOT  FIND
MY KNIFE NOR SCISSORS?
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PIANO PLAYING...
A SINGER DROWNS OUT ITS SOUND:
A CICADA'S  SCREECH
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HERBAL  FRAGRANT WINDS,
TIRED OF PUSHING FLEEZY CLOUDS,
PLAY WITH WIND  CHIMES
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A SMASHING RAINFALL...
OH WHAT HEAVY DOOM  LADEN
HEAD HANGING FLOWERS
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LEAVING THE GARDEN
I BRING THE SUNSET IN THE
CIRCLE OF MY  ARMS

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THE FLOWER'S COLOR
FLIES TO THE VIVID SUNSET
TO PROLONG THE SHOW
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OH THAT AROMA!
HOW CAN THIS LEAF-BURNING SMOKE
MAKE MY MOUTH WATER?
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DISHES YET TO DO.
THE VALLEY, QUIET AT LAST
MOON WASHED RIVER ROCKS
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WITH CLOUD COVER GONE
A SHOOTING STAR IN THE SKY
JOINS DARTING FIREFLIES
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THE PLANE HIGH ABOVE
THE NIGHT BIRD'S SOFT LONELY CRY
THE PEACE OF THIS PLACE
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AUTUMN

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STRANGE  SATISFACTION
TO PULL VINES OUT THE THE GARDEN
AFTER MONTHS OF  CARE
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OH, TIME'S  CEASELESS CHANGE...
WIND, SWEEPING THE GARDEN CLEAN
SWEEPS BACK THE SAME LEAVES
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GREETINGS,  ONCE AGAIN!
YOU WERE HERE LAST YEAR, APPLE
I THOUGHT I ATE YOU.
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THE SNAIL PAINTS SLOWLY
WITH EVERY SILVER BRUSH STROKE
HE WRITES HIS LIFE STYLE
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GRASSES DRYLY NOD
BUT DO NOT DARE TO BEND FAR
TO THE OLD SQUIRE WIND
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THIS HOUSE TALKS ONLY
DURING A CLAMOROUS STORM
AND THEN IT COMPLAINS
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THE SUN FOLLOWS ME
UP THE PATH, THROUGH THE WINDOW
AND INTO THE ROSE
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THERE IS NO TEMPLE
BO BELLS GONG AT EVENTIDE
BUT SMALL WIND CHIMES TRY
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F IRE IN THE RIVER
BURNING IN ITS MURKY DEPTHS...
UNTIL THE SUN SETS
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THE SUN LINGERED LONG
HOLDING BACK THE FULL MOON'S SHOW
THIS QUIET COOLNESS
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THE MOUNTAIN OF STONE
CROUCHING UNDER THE SKY VAULT
MUST BE GOD'S PET ROCK
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MAGESTIC MOUNTAINS
ARE REDUCED TO DARK PHANTOMS
BY THE RISING MOON
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MY  HARD  PROBLEM SOLVED
THE INSECTS RESUME THEIR TALK
IN THE SOFT MOONLIGHT
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LAPPING AGAINST STONE
THE INSISTENT RIVER CALLS
TO THE DARK SILENCE
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THE NOSY MOON FLOATS
BETWEEN THE WHISPERING PINES
IN HOPE OF GOSSIP
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THE OWL ON THE BRANCH
DOESN'T  HE KNOW THAT THE FULL MOON
HOLDS HIM IN ITS LIGHT?

THE OWL FLIES AWAY
THE THE GREY CLOUD SHADOWED MOON
LEAVING ME THE NIGHT
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SOME ORANGE AUTUMN LIGHTS
SHINING IN OUR SMALL VALLEY
HAVE PUMPKIN FACES
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THE NIGHT BANKED EMBERS
GLOW WARMLY IN THE DARKNESS
OF THIS EMPTY ROOM
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COSMIC THEATER...
THE DARK SKY FILLED WITH DRAMA
EACH STAR WITH A ROLE
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WINTER

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FREEZING COLD LIES
SHIVERING ON THE BARE  FIELD
WITH NO SNOW  COVER
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MANY SILVER  CHIMES
STRIKE ON THE WROUGHT IRON DECK RAIL...
LITTLE BELLS OF HAIL
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ALL WORK  IS  DONE
HOW SILENT  AFTEER THE RAIN
OF COURSE!  IT'S SNOWING
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THROUGH THE TALL  WINDOWS
THE DISTANT  SNOWY MOUNTAINS
SNEAK INTO THE ROOM
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ONLY THE FIRST SNOW
CAN GET ME UP SO EARLY
EVEN BREAKFAST WAITS
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WINTER SECLUSION
AT LAST THE JOY OF  CHOOSING
TO DO ANYTHING
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A GIFT OF SILENCE
LAID AT THE DOOR THIS MORNING...
A SOFT SNOWY WORLD
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THE MORNING'S QUIET
WHITE AND SOFT IS BROKEN BY
ONE BIRD'S DEFIANCE
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TODAY YOUR LETTER
ANDD THE SNOWFALL YOU DESCRIB ED
ARRIVED TOGETHER
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THIS TINY SNOWFLAKE
LANDING ON MY GARDEN GLOVE
IS A BIG WARNING
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ONE DOG STARTS BARKING
THEN ONE MORE...THEN ANOTHER
A SNOWFLAKE DRIFTS BY
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THE WHITE HORIZON
IS AT THE EDGE OF THE FENCE...
AND COMING CLOSER
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SMOKE SPIRALING UP...
MIUST FLOATING IN LONG STREAMERS...
BOTH WASHED DOWN BY SNOW
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WHAT A FAIRYLAND!
WHERE DID LAST NIGHT'S HEAVY SNOW
HIDE THE GARDEN PATH?
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THE LONGER I WALK
THE MORE I BECOME A PART
OF THE SNOW I  WATCH
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DOUBLING WAY FORWARD
I PUSH AGAINST THE SNOWSTORM
NEITHER OF US FALLS
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TRUDGING BACK, I STOP
TO SHAKE THE SNOW LADEN TREE
OH!  SNOW DOWN MY NECK
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THE SNOW ERASES
PARTS OF MY NEIGHBOR'S CABIN
AND THE WORDS SHE CALLS
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PEOPLE PASSING BY
STARING AHEAD IN THE SNOW
DON'T SEE ME WAVING
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SNOW BRINGS MIXED FEELINGS:
SOFT BRETHAKING LOVELINESS
TRAVELER'S HAZARD
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THOUGH SNOWING OUTSIDE...
THE FRAGRANCE OF PEACH BLOSSOMS
FLOWS AS I  PAINT THEM
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LONG BLACK  FEATHER
FLOATS ON  BITTER WHITE SNBOW
NEAR BERRY  BUSH
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THE DESIGNING SNOW
FASHION THE TREES INTO A
HOLIDAY GARLAND
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ONE BY ONE THE STARS
ARE JOSTLED OUT OF THE SKY
BY USHY SNOWFLAKES
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CANDLES ARE BURNING
HONORING THE GREAT SNOW KINE
ELECTRIC LINES DOWN
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THE MOUNTAIN VILLATE
THANKFULLY NESTLES UNDER
SOFT BLANKETS OF SNOW
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MOONLIGHT ON THE SNOW
SOUL  DISTURBING  SHADOWS MOVE
ON ITS PURITY
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FLUTTERING  BROWN BIRDS
CLUSTER ON AN EARTH ISLAND
SURROUNDED BY SNOW
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THE SUN CHASES DOWN
ITS HIDING TREMBLING  VICTIM...
THAT LAST CLUMP OF SNOW
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EXILED BY THE SUN
TATTERED SHREDS OF SHADOWED SNOW
UNRAVEL THEMSELVES
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CLOVES AND CINNAMON
AND RED RIBBON  CANDY CANES...
THAT'S HOW PINE TREES SMELL
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SHINING  RED BERRIES
ON A SNOW COV ERED BROWN BUSH...
NATURE'S CHRISTMAS CARD
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TANGLED  GOLD TINSEL
SAVED IN A BROWN PAPER BAG...
AH...PATIENCE, PATIENCE
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THE  CHRISTMAS  TREE SHINES
WITH BALLS REFLECTING THE P AST
ALL THOSE MEMORIES!
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CAT FULL OF TRICKS
A WORLD FULL OF SWIRLING SNOW
AND ME FULL OF SMILES
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ONE PERFECT  BRUSHY STROKE
AND ONE FAULTLESS BLACK PAW PRING
IMMORTALIZED CAT
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THE STARTLED  MAD CAT
TUMBLES  INTO THE BLANKET
THEN TRIES TO SWIM OUT
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STALKING JUNGLE CAT
POUNCES AND CAPTURES MY FEET
THEN SNARLS  SLEEPILY
_______________________

HAVING CHEWED MY HAND
TO HER FULL SATISFACTION
SHE GENTLY LICKS IT
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THE CAT SITS STIFFENED
BY A SOUND ONLY SHE HEARS
ROUND EYES STRAIGHT AHEAD
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TIRING OF THE CHASE
THE TRICKY CAT HIDES FROM ME
ALL EXCEPT HER TAIL
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THE CAT TURNS AWAY
WITH EYES IN THE BACK OF HER HEAD
WHEN THE DOG WALKS BY
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THE HERBS ARE MASHED DOWN
INTO A SMALL SHAPELESS NEST
HOW SWEET THE CAT SMELLS
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IN ONE FLOWING LEAP
THE CAT BEATS ME TO THE DOOR
THEN CHANGES TO STONE
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WHAT A MYSTERY!
NOT ONE BROKEN ORNAMENT...
THE CAT WEARS  TINSEL
_____________________

OH WHAT HAVE I DONE?
NOW CONSTANTLY UNDERFOOT
THIS  DEMANDING CAT
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REALIY

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AT THE FOREST  EDDGE
BRANCHES  REACH FROM THE  DARKNESS
ONCE UPON A  TIME...
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I AM THE  ONLY
REALITY  HEERE IN THIS
ENCHANTED VALLEY
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WILL SNOW MELT  FASTER
IF I CHANT  THESE  ANCIENT RUNES:
IXORA!  CROCUS!
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DO MY STUMBLING FEET
SET OFF A WARNING SYSTEM?
THE GARDEN...SO STILL!
____________________

DO GARDEN FAIRIES
LIKE  EXCLUSIVE OWNERSHIP
IN THE SNOW GARDEN?
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ENOUGH FOR  NEIGHBORS...
MORE RIPE GRAPES THAN I CAN USE
PRETTY FOXY, HUH!
__________________

BALES OF STRAW FOR  MULCH
TIRED AFTER A DAY OF  WORK
I SPIN  GOLDEN  DREAMS
_____________________

I WILL  AWAKEN
TO VIEWS NO MORE  BEAUTIFUL
WHEN I LEAVE THIS WORLD
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PRAY WITH OPEN EYES
AS ANSWERS ARE  EVERYWHERE
IN THE SKY AND EARTH
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PRAY BY A  RIVER
AND KNOW THAT TIME FLOWS  FORRWARD
IN ETERNAL  CHANGE
_________________

PRAY  UNDER A CLIFF
FEEL IN GOD'S STRONG  PROTECTION
THE GIFT OF  COURAGE
________________

LOOK  INWARD AS WELL
IN THE  THUNDER OF OUR HEARTS
HEAR THE LOVE OF GOD
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