Tag: haiku
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Billy Collins – Days
Days Each one is a gift, no doubt, mysteriously placed in your waking hand or set upon your forehead moments before you open your eyes. Today begins cold and bright, the ground heavy with snow and the thick masonry of ice, the sun glinting off the turrets of clouds. Through the calm eye of the…
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Watering the Horse – Robert Bly
Watering the Horse How strange to think of giving up all ambition! Suddenly I see with such clear eyes The white flake of snow That has just fallen on the horses mane! Robert Bly Why I like it: What can I say about this poem? It feels like rest. Such a simple poem, but with…
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