My Horizons shrink My orchard exspands five tree to six But when the tree fruited I was desalted the Persian lime was just another kamquat.
Is This the Last Cycle of Almost Haiku by a Now Old Man? [cycle number 4]
Song Cycle by Richard Farber (b. 1945)
1. My expanding orchard
Language: English
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2. My third chair
Language: English
There is now a third chair found discarded now recycled Very light very happy very gay Aluminum and cloth both grey. I sit in my orchard the chair is not very conf’terble
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3. The hot east wind
Language: English
The hot east wind brings the desert heat in winter Twenty degrees or more a week of summer The hot east wind brings the desert heat in summer Forty degrees or more a week of Hell on Earth.
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4. The wind is brisk
Language: English
The wind is brisk damp and cool It really isn’t cold outside I hobble out to smoke my pipe and write Haiku. My nose runs
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