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Sketchbook
Zhanna P. Rader, US
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Light Verse
butterfly,
how did you get
your name?
robert wilson
Butterfly
A boy called
Tommy
Once saw me flutter
Yellow as butter,
And called his mommy:
"What's that, so
cheery
Fluttering by?"
She said, "That's, dearie,
A butterfly."
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who is chasing
whom?
the squirrel or
its shadow?
robert wilson
The squirrel's
shadow
Chased its master;
The latter tried
To gallop faster;
But only when
The evening came,
The squirrel won
The chasing game.
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caterpillar,
where did you get
those wings?
robert wilson
Former
Caterpillar
I am a
butterfly,
I beg your pardon.
I need my wings to fly
In your fine garden.
I grew them ('twas an urge)
In my cocoon,
From which I did emerge
One afternoon.
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stay longer
dewdrop
what's your hurry?
robert wilson
Dewdrop
You see, I'm
just
A drop of water,
The blue-sky clouds'
Wee-little daughter.
The sunit'll
lift
Me from the floor,
And you won't see
Me anymore.
I have no will,
I have no voice;
I really have
Not any choice.
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catfish,
how do you see
when moon's away?
robert wilson
Catfish
We have those
barbels
To feel around
And we can hear
Each stir and sound.
No need for sight
In moonless night.
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what does it say
to its young,
the koi fish at dusk?
robert wilson
It says, "Our
food
Is soundly sleeping.
It's time for water
Fauna-reaping."
Or it may say,
"Let's have some fun!
We won't be seen
By anyone."
Or else: "It's time
To sleep, my dears.
Now, close your eyes
And drape your ears.
Tomorrow is
Another day
For us to swim
And hunt, and play."
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gazing at me
from a cliff
a deer writing haiku?
robert wilson
A deerit
wrote a haiku
On the beach,
Then climbed up to the cliff
Out of my reach.
I realized: my haiku
Were much worse,
When I was reading his
Inspiring verse.
The deerit
kept just gazing
From his height.
And I must say, it was
An awesome sight.
Then all this vision vanished
So it seemed.
And now I think, perhaps,
I only dreamed...
Perhaps, I wrote that haiku
In the sand?
But it's so good!
I cannot understand...
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