key
b = have it both ways
n = not a haiku
t = two or three poems as a group
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[save this link to download these poems]15 (n)
kingfisher backyard
likes the saltwater lagoon
no beer for malarials
16
small birds like compost
gulab jamun thrown backyard
where are you rodents?
17
one day in future
i will floss every day
for at least one day
18 (b)
liberian map
has U. S. holidays to
fancy that [, big nose!]
19
little white circles
have few littler red circles
it means i will live
20 (t)
chinese clinic
but black clinician
=
no fortune cookie
i dont want to live (only)
i want to be told
i will propser
whitesugar whiteflour whiteeggs
so it's not like
i could have eaten
that cookie
anyhow.