Thirteen Stanzas Thirty-nine Lines

Thirteen Stanzas
Thirty-nine Lines

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haikus/
senyrus

a very nice thing
about haikus/senyrus: their
frames grant a freedom

haoeukaous/
sepbraous

a sr- tphaoeus theupbg
pw haoeukaous/sepbraous: thaeur
tpraeupls tkpwrapbt a tpraoefpl

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the
sign

morning's walk, I mark
the sign "Speed Humps 20 Miles
Per Hour," slow my pace

-t
saoeupb

phoerpbgz waubg, eu pharbg
-t saoeupb "spaoed hufpls 20 phaoeuls
per hour," shroe pheu paeus

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at
nub
of
palm

lovebird, peach-faced, sits
at nub of palm, fluffs against
Phoenix morning cold

at
tphub
of
paupl

hrufpweurd, paoefp-tpaeufd, seuts
at tphub of paupl, tphrufs tkpwepbs
tpaoefrpbgs phoerpbg koeld

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voices
carry

children splash at pool;
voices carry past the fence---
they stop at my ear

sroeufs
kaer

kheurpb sphrarb at paol;
sroeufs kaer pafpt -t tpepbs---
the stop at pheu aoer

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glass
balls
hang

three glass balls hang
from a porch; a plain hummingbird
investigates each

tkpwhras
pwauls
hapbg

thraoe tkpwhras pwauls hapbg
fr- a porpblg; a phraeupb huplgpweurd
sregts aoefp

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cat
in
shade

a tree droops, depressed
by lack of water; a cat
in shade waits for mice

kat
tph
shaeud

a traoe tkraops, dprefd
pweu hrabg of waurt; a kat
tph shaeud waeuts tpor phao*eus

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at
heart

two lovebirds cuddle
lovingly at heart of palm
curbside; I wonder

at
haert

two lufpweurdz kulgts
hrufghreu at haert of paupl
kurbstaoeud; eu worpbd

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sun
butts
hot

afternoon's sun butts
hot, presses, oppresses, vents
my pores, drinks from them

supb
pwuts
hot

afrpbz supb pwuts
hot, prefs, oeprefs, srepbts
pheu poerps, tkreufrpbs tpr- thepl

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not
forked

two swallows I spy
in fancy flight; not forked-tails,
mind you, but swallows

tphot
tpoerbgd

two swaubls eu spaoeu
tph tpaepbs tphraoeut; tphot tpoerbgd-taeuls,
phaoeupbd u, pwu swaubls

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his
head
bent
under

cat, black-and-gray, head
bent under white rail, stares;
he scoots on the run

heus
haed
pwepbt
urpbd

kat, pwhrabg-skp-tkpwraeu, haed
pwepbt urpbd whaoeut raeul, staers;
e skaots ot rupb

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to taste
the air

a fat carp dimples
the top of a tranquil pool
for to taste the air

to taeufpt
-t aeur

a tpat karp tkeufpls
-t top of a trankweul paol
tpor to taeufpt -t aeur

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what
will
be

a pup ravages
his toy secure in the knowledge
it will be replaced

wa
hr-
b

a pup rafeupblgs
heus toeu skaour tph-t -pblg
t- hr-b tphraeufd

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I
go
sad

I leave today, and
preparations distract me
no end; I go sad

eu
tkpwoe
sad

eu hraoef tka, skp-
prepgss stkrabgt phe
tpho epbd; eu tkpwoe sad