A GROUP OF HAIKU by James A. Sparks
KITTEN My ki tten has gone to play and dropped her silent bell upon the hearth.
FRIEND'S FEET To hear my friend's feet die into nothingness of night: a lonely sound.
BIRD I glance with envy at the blissful bird lying dead in the cool rain.
FENCE I have built a fence around my yard and all the birds have gone away.
AWAKENING Awakening is a wolf digging my body from sleep's quiet grave.
HER EYES I have seen within her eyes a forest where streams run cooly, softly.
WARM WIND The warm wind today has gathered my thoughts and borne them away, away.
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