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"Joussard, Alberta, Canada Haiku Love North Country Fair.Music, dance, artisan market ~a walk back in time."

"Death [10w] What the the dying most resent is life goes on."

"Heart My heart jumps every time you walk through the door.It's not love.I have an arrhythmia."

"Seafood My body's just a shell,the world is my oyster ~and I'm getting a whale of appetiteright now for some delicious seafood ."

"Shiva Haiku Sitting shiva.One more day of thisand I'll die of boredom."

"Dictator [10w] Clever dictators keep their friends closeand their enemies dead."

"War [10w] Fight wars not to win, but so our enemies don't."

"Frivolous Gossip and Poetry It's just so much frivolous gossip to dwell upon the moral merits of a poet;what should only concern the reader is the merit of his words.Leave moral judgments to the preachers and aesthetic judgments to the critical readers."

"Shame isn't a strong enough word for what I feel. "You could live a hundred lifetimes and not deserve him, you know,"Haymitch says."

"Is Prayer Only for Man? I [10w] Does God pray for His creation's in Heaven and Earth?"

"Ageing [10w] There's no such thing as age -- only degrees of opacity."

"Prevailing Wins [10w] Truth prevails in private, bullshit in public, integrity in spirit."

"Original Thoughts [10w] Original thoughts are not diminished by days, distance or disregard."

"Premature Evacuation [10w] I've stopped all my relationships short,not unlike this poem."

"The Great Blue of the Great Blue A Great Blue whale mourns her hunted mate.Her heart, once the size of an SUV,lonely rides the empty sea,her heart's now withered to subcompact class,her whys and wherefores, run out of gas."

"Tortuguer Costa Rica Haiku Lora Sea TurtlesInvade to beach to lay eggs.Locals invade the eggs."

"Genesis {Couplet} God spoke the world into existence, reifying an abstraction.Now the Creator's had second thoughts and wishes to utter a retraction."

"I hope your heart feels better. I hope your mind is set right.I hope your love is connected to others, and you don't feel so lost and locked up.I hope everything is okay for you. And by okay, I mean greater than ever."

"Preparation [10w] Hope for the best, but prepare for your insufferable wife."

"Wrong Number [10w] There is no such thing as dialing a wrong number."