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Free verse № 93392

A Dutch Peasant

Member since 2002 · Posted 4 Mar 2004 · Edited 4 Mar 2004 · 1 comment

Not all folded roads come up as mountains, not here in the lowlands marshland sinks and we can't see the rock faces bend like a spider to topple down valleys.

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[10] zodiac 4-Mar-04/1:44 PM Reply
Great, as ever - though a little obviously a haiku (to me; maybe no one else will notice.) How important is it for you to stick to haiku form? Also, you're missing a semicolon (!) or period after lowlands.