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Christian Bixler Mar 2017
petrichor
in spring the verdant tresses
waves under blossoms
Christian Bixler Mar 2017
air as fish's breath, so
we rest under eaves--
wet feet
A memory of sheltering from the rain under the low hanging branches of the trees while hiking the Appalachian trail.
Christian Bixler Mar 2017
sleeping tree, roots
how deep--my heart
even in apathy
Christian Bixler Mar 2017
scene
of love transcendent--my eyes
are wet with tears
Christian Bixler Feb 2017
once seen, this
hillside--a chill stone, dropped
in a hotspring
Christian Bixler Feb 2017
in Nicaragua
discarded children--raised
with a wooden flute
Perhaps more akin to senryu in terms of message, but nevertheless it is still a haiku, for there are some haiku which contain messages of the type commonly found in senryu, just as there are some senryu which contain messages most commonly found in haiku.
Christian Bixler Feb 2017
the eager child
runs to the hanging fruit--weeps
at picked stems
a note to the feeling of wanting something all the more, after it is gone out of reach.
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