Poems ✍️
  05.04.2026
  15

Author: Michael Shepherd

! ! Haiku-Ukiah

where tears meet laughter
how elusive is the source
whence a smile melts tears


whence a smile melts tears
how elusive is the source
where tears meet laughter

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[haiku-ukiah is a 'mirror-poem' which offers two ways of attaching thought to image - a difficult verse-form to work with, but 'Japanese' in mood]


  emotion Reflection duality

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