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1. Three lines
2. 5-7-5 syllables
3. Season word
4. Image or little picture

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On every icicle's tip a drop of sunlight. -
Alexey Andreyev

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daffodils open around my mailbox but no letter
- Karen Tellefsen
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Light of the moon Moves west, flowers
shadows Creep eastward.
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A flying squirrel Chewing on a bird In the
withered fields. - Susan Dhugal
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The sleet falls As if coming through the
bottom Of loneliness.
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Hino Sojo
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Ferns hanging Against Mt. Hiei Blurred in the
gathering twilight. A woman dozing The breath
from her nostrils Stirs a cool breeze.

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Withered lotus leaves, Some broken, some
not, Float on the spring water. - Nakamura
Teijo
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Mountain cherry blossoms against the snowy
peak silent harmony in heaven. - Mizuhara
Shuoshi
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Just echoing boardsthis empty housewhere we
laughed and cried - James Norton
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DeerRunning through the fieldI can only see a
white flashQuickly vanishing - Daniel Paulson
SnowGently drifting downWinter flurries are
comingTickling my cold face - Sean Klabough
SnowSnow drifting softlyPiling up in soft
blanketsAll around our yard - Chandra Morgan
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haloed moon she walks through shadow
bringing wood for the fire. - Harold
Bowes
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Spring rain- the sound of a far off train on
its way - Marjorie Buettner

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adobe walls yellow flowers bloom amid the
rubble - Robert B. Campbell
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Spring thaw Under the mulch A greening. - Doris
Kasson
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low tide stones that have driedamong those
that havent            - John Stevenson
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side by sideoffering, receivingstars drift
down - Zuiho
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Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902) For love and for
hate I swat a fly and offer it to an ant.

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Oppressive heat My
whirling mind Listens to the peak of
thunder.
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By the ruined mansion Fowls roaming Among the
hibiscus.
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Double cherry blossoms Flutter in the wind One
petal after another.

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Fallen leaves come flying from
elsewhere Autumn is ending.
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Quiet rain... sisters braiding each other's gray
hair.

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Nozawa Setsuko
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A thunderbolt in the rainy season Carried away My
dearest one.
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Nishijima Bakunan
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Like running images In a kaleidoscope Humans grow
old swiftly.
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A fallen camellia On a rock In
the rapids.

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Wearing a sedge hat A maiden looks in the
mirror Oblivious of picking tea leaves.
- Kagami Shiko
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In the morning breeze Skylarks Dance straight up
in the sky. - Oshima Ryota
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The tarnished gold And the fresh greenery Bring
back memories of bygone days.
- Miura Chora
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Mountain cherry blossoms Against the snowy peak
Silent harmony in heaven.
- Mizuhara Shuoshi
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Woodcarved dolls August countenances From
bygone days.


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Hisajo Sugita (1890 1946)
Petals of chrysanthemum Curve in their
whiteness Under the moon.
In a day of chrysanthemumsI shake and comb my
wet hairLetting the drops fall.
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Meditating, a poet Squats in the abyss Of the
ancient cherry blossoms. - Kadokawa Harijki
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The windchime silent But the clock ticking Ah,
the heat! - Yokoi Yayu

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Yosa Buson (1716-1783)
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How beautiful Red peppers After the autumn
gale.
Yosa Buson
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Winter seclusion The mountains of Yoshino In my
innermost mind.
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Young leaves The sound of a waterfall Heard
from far and near.
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The lights are going out
in the doll shops
spring rain.
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A bat flits in moonlight above the plum
blossoms.
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Young leaves The sound of a waterfall Heard
from far and near.
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Caught in a sudden shower Huddling sparrows Vie
to get at the grass leaves
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An autumn eve An hour of leisure In a fleeting
life.
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A kite floats At the place in the sky It floated
yesterday.
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Short summer night.A dewdropOn the back of a
hairy caterpillar.

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Butterfly in my hand As if it were a
spirit Unearthly, insubstantial.
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Grasses are misty, The waters silent A
tranquil evening.
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Springs setting sun Treads on the train Of a
mountain pheasant.
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Escaped the nets,Escaped the ropes-The moon on
the water
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The young leaves Drenched in the lights Of the
tall tower.
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The voice of mosquitoes Whenever the flower Of
the honeysuckle, falls.
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You left in the morning. Tonight my heart is in
a thousand pieces. Why are you far away?
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Long, long ago my mothers tender care
I think of it eagerly.
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Having reddened the plum blossoms, the
sunset attacks oaks and pines. Sudden
shower a flock of sparrows clinging to the
grasses.
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The end of spring lingers in the cherry
blossoms.
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The two plum trees I love their blooming! one
early, one later.
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In vain a winter bee Went on tottering For a
place to die.
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Smoke rises, the west wind blowing so hard in the
fields of bamboo grass and sedge it doesnt
linger.
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In the spring sea waves undulating and
undulating - all day long.
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Blown from the west, fallen leaves gather in
the east.
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Deer licking first frost from each others coats.
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The fly Wringing its hands and rubbing its
feet Dont swat it!
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Asked how old he was the boy in the new
kimono stretched out all five fingers.
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The snow is melting and the village is flooded
with children.

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Blossoms at night, and the faces of
people moved by music.
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Washing the saucepans the moon glows on her
hands in the shallow river.

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A hazy day even the gods must feel listless.
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The spring day lingers in the pools.
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That gorgeous kite Rising From the beggars
shack.
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Summer night even the stars are whispering to
each other.
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Oh, evening swallow! My heart teams with cares
and anxieties About tomorrow.

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The fly Wringing its hands and rubbing its
feet Dont swat it!
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Asked how old he was the boy in the new
kimono stretched out all five fingers.
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late afternoonfollowing a shaft of
sunlightbetween skyscrapers
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  Bryant Park benchsurrounded by daffodilsan
old man sleeps
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off-dutythe veteran conductorsleeps standing up
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listening to the NewsI feel guiltyfor being
alive
                                      
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                              Mass Pike
underpassa tangled wreckageof flowers and words

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outside Starbuck'sthe rush hour crowdof pigeons
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            mist turns to rain our cat's last
day
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                                       why get
out of bedwithout our impatient cat demanding
breakfast?
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            this chilly morningcolderwithout
our cat
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                                       the
food dish untouched I swear I heardhis
footsteps last night
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         telling my children our cat is gonea
gull crosses the sun
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Paul David Mena Mary Melodee Mena
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