Re: NANFA-L-- Please vote for the best Haiku

Joshua L. Wiegert (JLW at dune.net)
Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:54:36 -0400

Gentle Bowfin
Mistaken Identity
Killed as snakehead.

As the spring rain falls
Salamanders awake
Crawl to vernal pools

As the spring rain falls
Diapuse ending for the
Hidden buried eggs

They're three. :)

The one on snakeheads is intended as a single long one. :-p Quoted below.

JW.

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