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Sketchbook 

Rita Odeh, IL

 

 


Haiku

 

crowded park—
my gaze drifts to the clouds
dispersing

 

 

noisy park
my dog's eyes sway
with the seesaw

 

 

melting snow...
he hangs his coat
in my closet

 

 

Valentine's dawn
a woman's scream
awakens me

 

 

missile alert—
August wind blows the ashes
of a neighbour

 

 

silent prayer—
the dog barks
in his sleep

 

 

an old man's night...
the neon light flases on
offffff

 

 

friend's funeral—
a kite is caught
in a palm tree

 

 

misty morning
half smoked cigarette
in the ashtray

 

 

almost dawn—
throwing his first tooth
to the sun

 

 

missing him...
scratch papers pile up
in the dustbin

 

 

 


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