Watching until dawn
matches embers' umber gleam,
some sentinels yawn.

haiku by Jonathan Robin (10 January 1993)
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Opened oysters show
neither seed nor sign of pearl,
translucent glow.

haiku by Jonathan Robin (10 January 1993)
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Sounds into sounds slur
as ephemeral pods burst
into broad Scots burr.

haiku by Jonathan Robin (10 January 1993)
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Her head on his heart
dreams of a new tomorrow,
and of a fresh start.

haiku by Jonathan Robin (10 January 1993)
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What is 'Quality'
but a purloined passion, fruit
from the finest tree.

haiku by Jonathan Robin (10 January 1993)
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Separate bedrooms
speak volumes in silent grief
over old loves' tombs.

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One white winter week:
Paris turns the other cheek,
afraid to speak.

haiku by Jonathan Robin (13 January 1993)
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Mars admires Venus
rising phoenix like to surge, merge,
in gene I us

haiku by Jonathan Robin (30 March 2005)
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Smoking, though passive,
in-joke to silent reaper
stalking impassive.

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Sharpened [s]words fall flat,
heart he art fully pulses
to tatami mat.

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