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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Michael O'Brien and Eve Luckring: Wednesday Haiku, Week 61

Photo by Gordon Parks
Climbing mast to spot mackerel school, Gloucester, MA, June 1943





dusk -
coated in sand
the mackerel’s last thrust
 Michael O'Brien





 Photo by mimicry






salamanders lost to sun on the lips of a dream
                         Eve Luckring





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An interlude: the Gloucester fishermen conjure up Maximus himself, with a few under his belt and a thing or two to praise:





 And because sometimes the salamader does, indeed, dream:





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Finally, because it is an unusual week, moon on the rise, Issa has taken some time off and Master Bashō steps in:




Octopus traps - 
summer’s moonspun dreams, 
soon ended
Bashō



best,
Don




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