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Good ole "number 2".  Nothing like it. 
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Safe journeyTo the angels, baby
 We miss you.
 
 
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Very nice.
 Other things can be done too.
 
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Sympathy to baby Andrew's family.   |  |  |  
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Thanks Jackie.
 The parents are friends of mine, Andrew's funeral was yesterday.
 I printed the haiku out on fabric and it was buried with him.
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We all find ways to grieve, this was beautiful. 
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Thats true and thanks for starting me on this thread     Golden trumpets on every turn of the vine
 welcome the sun
 I've been reading up about Haiku....a lot of the time they include flowers or seasons or to do with nature I wanted something to brighten my mood and when I'm down...nature is always around to pick me up. I found, saw this flower, when out walking this morning.....and was the inspiration for todays haiku.  Allamanda cathartice |  |  |  
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Well there is a bunch of us here now, we should join herwith some Haiku's.
 
 Is it 5-7-5 syllables???
In the Japanese original form it's 5-7-5 morae , which isn't quite the same as syllables.  Haiku , for example, would be two syllables in English but is three morae in Japanese.  But there's more to it than that.  There is a cutting word at the end of the first or second line and there is a seasonal reference in there somewhere.  Yes, Faldage mentioned early on in the thread that there was a seasonal reference in the haiku, often. 
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 I found saw this flower, when out walking this morning   ??  But, but--isn't it, like, the end of your autumn/start of winter (you lucky dog)? |  |  |  
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.... ??  But, but--isn't it, like, the end of your autumn/start of winter (you lucky dog)? Yeah...but its tropical queensland so some flowers still bloom |  |  |  
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The only thing that blooms here in winter are artificialpoinsettias and Christmas trees in December.
 
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