When you went away
I stowed you in a box
Our moments compressed
In a stack of love letters
And caress-worn photographs
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(My first attempt at a Tanka. The syllable count is 5-7-5-7-7)
2 Haiku March and Truancy
March
Gasping for sunlight
Decrepit leaves disembark
Autumnal death march
Truancy
Precocious roots plunge
Into desecrated soil
Winter truancy
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