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Nancy Pearl @nancybooklustpearl.bsky.social

When one beloved dies there is no need for rain. Tears will wet the earth Wrote this haiku when I was about 12. #haiku

aug 22, 2025, 1:52 pm • 260 4

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Ruth Anderson @ruth-and.bsky.social

Nice keep writing

aug 23, 2025, 1:57 am • 1 0 • view
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Melissa H. Mwai @me-mwai.bsky.social

Wow wow wow

aug 23, 2025, 10:35 pm • 0 0 • view
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Bunny @bunny2029.bsky.social

Third lines have 7 beats But nice poem anyway

aug 23, 2025, 12:31 pm • 0 0 • view
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Lawrence Graham @lawrencegraham.bsky.social

Thought it was 5-7-5.

aug 23, 2025, 2:15 pm • 0 0 • view
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Bunny @bunny2029.bsky.social

Yes It is 5 7 5 But that middle line counted 5

aug 23, 2025, 2:51 pm • 1 0 • view
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Lawrence Graham @lawrencegraham.bsky.social

Actually, now that you mention it, the poem is 6-6-5 (I’m counting “beloved” as 3 syllables). Oh, well, I guess it’s a modern free-form haiku. 🤷🏼

aug 23, 2025, 3:04 pm • 0 0 • view
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Sam lbrahim @abrahamsam.bsky.social

It's ok .

aug 23, 2025, 2:34 am • 1 0 • view
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Thee Duchess of Dale @theeduchess.bsky.social

It’s beautiful

aug 23, 2025, 2:00 pm • 1 0 • view