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HAIKUS FROM OSAKA
By Bedros B. Afeyan
Pruned War of Words
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Pare down a pear tree
Compressed arid autumn fog
An abandoned nest
Sake Song
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Trained seal sing a hymn
Drunken solemn vows of love
Winter bears its claws
Shinkansen
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Bullet's blinding wings
Winds of sorrow fire your strength
Prairies simply end
Kabukichu at Shinjuku
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Strictly reptilian
Escapable ambition
Running on running
School Girls of Tokyo
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Subway or full train
cell phones adorned with dolls
New Kabuki masks
Supermarket
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Daiei full'f fruit
Prices soar all sizes shrink
Packaging divine
Gardens Well Kept
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Road to heaven guards
Buddhist temple Shinto shrine
Blessed rice crop with rain
Compassion
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Mother Teresa
Destitute of Calcutta
Face of God appears
Hayastan
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Rolling hillside plight
Fading reed source tambourine
Summer apricots
Math's Path
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Cherry orchards bloom
Sparrows mate nested circles
Theorems crow cry
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Dr. Bedros Afeyan is a theoretical physicist who works and lives in
the Bay area with his wife, Marine. He writes in Armenian and in
English and also paints and sculpts. Samples of his work can be found
on the web by clicking on his personal web pages at:
http://208.177.152.139/