Haiku (Irregular): Crackling

Snow’s big flakes
Birds watch from branches
Fires crackling

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Haiku: Sparrows

Chattering sparrows
sheltered in frozen hedges
Wise conversation

Winter’s moon
Sole silver soul —
hermitage

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Shock of the new
Are you still dreaming?
Spring comes early

Expendable pawns
Retreat a symptom of loss —
Then the Master turns