2002-1

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</B></I><B>January, </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><B>2002</B></FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="479" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 206 WIDTH="234"><div> high rise balcony</div> <div> on the nth floor</div> <div> a new snow shovel</div> <bR> <div> silence</div> <div> the sounds of smoke</div> <div> rising</div> <bR> <div> morning  snow</div> <div> last night's footprints</div> <div> deeper still</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> winter morning</div> <div>   only moon shadows</div> <div>   warm her bed</div> <bR> <div>   December </div> <div>   when every word  </div> <div>   jingles </div> <bR> <div>   bird bath</div> <div>   under the ice a leaf waits</div> <div>   for spring</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>_January 2002 Senryu_</B></div> <div> Olympic Games</div> <div> leaning into the turns</div> <div> from my recliner</div> <div> out of the womb</div> <div> into the mouths of worms</div> <div> (life, somewhere between)</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Owens Haiku"><U><B><IMG SRC="03b0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT=" " ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B></div> <div> <B>Back to Owen</B></div> <div> <B>   </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Owens Haiku"><U><B><IMG SRC="02f0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>Back to Owen                                        To March</B><A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="20023"><U><B><IMG SRC="0300e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT=" " ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Back to Owen</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Owens Haiku"><U><B><IMG SRC="03e0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT=" " ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=382 BGCOLOR="#FFCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0aa8dfc3.png"> <div> <B>Haiku - February, </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><B>2002</B></FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="479" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 206 ><NOBR><div> not quite spring</div> <div> a bird nest reappears </div> <div> in the pine</div> <bR> <div> snow melt </div> <div> the squirrel still running</div> <div> upside down</div> <bR> <div> loneliness --</div> <div> a father waits outside</div> <div> the ER</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> day after</div> <div>    my finger circles the hole</div> <div>    in her favorite scarf</div> <bR> <div>    starlings gather</div> <div>    on the telephone wire</div> <div>    beside a kite's tail</div> <bR> <div>    waves crash</div> <div>    against the seawall</div> <div>       silent seagulls</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>_February Senryu_</B></div> <div> Punxsutawney Phil  </div> <div> decides to stay in his hole</div> <div> weathermen panic</div> <div> have you noticed how</div> <div> the shortest month has ended</div> <div> with the largest moon</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Owens Haiku"><U><B><IMG SRC="03b0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT=" " ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B></div> <div> <B>Back to Owen</B></div> <div> <B>   </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Owens Haiku"><U><B><IMG SRC="02f0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>Back to Owen                                         To March</B><A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="20023"><U><B><IMG SRC="0300e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT=" " ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Back to Owen</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Owens Haiku"><U><B><IMG SRC="03e0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT=" " ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>