Haiku Eric's hanging baskets, Hot Springs
pink and white petals
under the young tulip tree
steady rainfall
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look very closely:
in red-topped photinia
the cardinal's nest
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on the trail again
just to smell the privet
and honeysuckle
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behind hollyhocks
the hard-edged, less poppy tune
of early Beatles
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gift from his dentist
child plants the gladiolus
under the moss
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                                           fight wild onions
by eating them . . . unless
they've been sprayed
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                                                              "What's on your list, Mom? . . ."
                                                                "Peace, love and understanding."
                                                                ". . . from the dollar store."
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the prom knight
and his lady
dressed in chain mail
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Billy the kid, a while back. He's now 32.

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