A butterfly sips -
After darkness has fallen
I miss the shadows.

haiku by Don Pearson (17 June 2009)
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Flying ant day dawns:
The glut is unheralded,
Swifts still sleep aloft.

haiku by Don Pearson (12 July 2011)
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Christmas blossom fades:
A newborn daughter cries out
As it falls to earth.

haiku by Don Pearson (17 June 2009)
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I, too, am fragile –
If you throw me to the ground
The leaves will scatter.

haiku by Don Pearson (18 July 2009)
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Mice nest amidst wheat.
Harvest machines reap and thresh
until daylight fades.

haiku by Don Pearson (02 October 2012)
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Sylvette

Oh thou, my sister,
Who art not my sister,
Listen to the wise counsel
Of thy brother
Who is not thy brother,
Which thou hast given unto me
And which I heard not,
Being that same wise counsel
Which I spake unto thee
In the first instance
And to which thou also
Hearkenedst not.

For each of us,
Who are not sister and brother,
Is wise to the foolhardiness
Of the other,
For, truly, we are
Brother and sister.

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poem by Don Pearson
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