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Robbie
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Sep 13, 2009 07:41PM

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as fish swim in a brimful bowl,
... blink ... the tears spill out."
I was just at the memorial service for a very dear man today, so I especially appreciate the beauty of this one

like raindrops on a tin roof,
around my bare feet."
Robbie wrote: "Sliknl wrote: "Carefully balanced,
as fish swim in a brimful bowl,
... blink ... the tears spill out."
I was just at the memorial service for a very dear man today, so I especially appreciate ..."
It is moments like these which touch us, I think. I remember one haiku (by Buson) which had that impact on me It went like this:
This piercing cold I feel
my dead wife's comb, in our bedroom
under my heel . . .



rasps between wet toes
run run
Hooray, it's summer here and pretty hot. Will spend quite some time on the beach with the dog.
Summertime again
Birds in the air flutter,
squawk, squabble, wild & feral.
Birds in the air flutter,
squawk, squabble, wild & feral.