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by Nancy Kay - May 31, 2021May 30, 2021

MONDAY: Spring Haiku

BY PATRICIA McGOLDRICK

Copyright is held by the author.

Haiku on Flowers

purple hyacinths grow
midst perennial fragments
garden is reborn

Haiku on Rain

Downpour kerplunking
On tempered glass table
Red chairs soaking wet

Haiku on Deck

Container garden
Yellow bee on green basil
summery delight

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