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Haiku Heights: Waterfall

waterfall

washed away sins

keep a few

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Haiku Heights: Volcano

beneath the surface

 pressure slowly building

volcano erupts

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Haiku Heights: Uproot

Uproot all your fears

plant seeds of faith and courage

reaping the rewards

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Haiku Heights: Tsunami

A break from haiku

creativity rushes

like a tsunami

Like a tsunami

advancing and receding 

equal in power 

Equal in power

the lonely tear of a child

and a tsunami

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Haiku Heights: Pariha

All alone
"Little mama's boy"
A Pariah

A Pariah
"Bullies aren't cool"
All alone

It's time we parents
taught our kids the strong protect
the weak - not eat them.

In my house
we're tough enough 
to wear pink

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Haiku Heights: Owl

Owl lectures

Pooh's tummy rumbles

 "Oh bother" 

A Wise Old Owl

Who Lived In An Oak

The More He Saw

The Less He Spoke

The Less He Spoke

The More He Heard

Take A Lesson

From That Wise Old Bird

Miss You Grandpa

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Haiku Heights: Nightingale

 Poets are inspired

by nocturnal serenades 

lonely nightingale

Lonely nightingale

nursing soldiers back to health

poets are inspired

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Haiku Heights: Morning Mist

Postcards from Paradise at Recuerda Mi Corazon

Wake to morning mist
dewy drops anticipate
sunshine's arrival

Sunshine's arrival
sharply cuts through morning mist
breathing in rainbows 

Breathing in rainbows
exhaling complications 
wake to morning mist 

Haiku Heights: Koi Pond & Lilly

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Rippling koi pond
a moving meditation
with lilly pad mantras

Haiku Heights: Incense & Jasmine

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Healing aroma
burning smooth jasmine incense
calming emotions

Calming emotions
clearing my mind for the day
I am efficient  

Haiku Heights: Hunter

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Father and hunter
providing and protecting
keeping the child safe

Keeping the child safe

using ancient strength and skill

taking what they need

Taking what they need
an ever-lasting resource
hunt will never end

Hunt will never end
the family hunts together
 for generations

For generations

teaching wisdom and respect
hunter and Mother

Haiku Heights: Grasshopper

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Be one grasshopper
Snatch the pebble from my hand
better start waking

better start waking
three seasons left of kung fu
you're not famous yet

You're not famous yet
thirty years until kill bill
Uma's two years old

Haiku Heights: Fire

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Burning inside me
something I can barely control
passionate desire

Spark into a flame
inspiration burning bright
only fire quenches me

Diving in head first
throwing caution to the wind
baptism by fire