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Tiring the heart--
mountains and ocean
too much beauty

---Santōka
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shop-bought violets
lift up their angry faces
compost heap thrushes

1 comment:

Area 17 said...

Hi Rachel,

It's a lot of fun but do you mean syntax-wise that angry shop bought violets are literally making thrushes into compost?

shop-bought violets
lift up their angry faces
compost heap thrushes

If you didn't, and you meant that there are thrushes on a compost heap, maybe you have two separate haiku here?

Alan