he says a word
I say a word:
autumn deepens
Kyoshi Takahama
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I grow
Am growing older
Than the seasons
Which do deepen
I choose words
More quickly
As if fearful
No, no I won’t say it
For still I do believe
That some summers
Are yet before me
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan