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A bright spring morning
The smile in a woman's eyes
These things, too, are dust.
Sun, gleaming on steel
First blood, exchanged between foes
This is a fierce love.
Washerwomen chat
River babbles over stones
Too soon, morning ends.
Climbing Mt. Fuji
Cherry blossoms in the wind
I see a Coke stand.
I wrote these for a poetry contest during a live-action roleplaying game (``For a Few Wu More...'') in 1993. They're basically finger exercise in capturing the feel of traditional Japanese haiku, except for #5 which is a parody of same.
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