2004-1

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=98 BGCOLOR="#006600" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="0558dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I><B>~  Owen's Archives  ~</B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="061a51b0.png" border=0 width="933" height="27" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><B>Go to:</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><B>   </B></FONT><B>/   </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Owens Haiku"><U><B>Owen's Page</B></U></A><B>   /    </B><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lees Pages"><U><B>Lee's Pages </B></U></A><B>  /  </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Owen Lees Web Site"><U><B>Home</B></U></A><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><B>   </B></FONT><B> /    </B><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Family"><U><B>Our Family</B></U></A><B>    /  </B><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Owens Book"><U><B>Owen's Book </B></U></A></div> <div> <B>____________________________________________________________________         </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Tahoma" ><B>_________________________________________________________________</B></FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>~  </B></I><I><B>Owen's Archives  </B></I><I><B>~</B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="061a51b0.png" border=0 width="933" height="27" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><B>Go to:</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><B>   </B></FONT><B>/   </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Owens Haiku"><U><B>Owen's Page</B></U></A><B>   /    </B><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lees Pages"><U><B>Lee's Pages </B></U></A><B>  / </B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Owen Lees Web Site"><U><B>Home</B></U></A><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><B>   </B></FONT><B> </B><B>/    </B><B>Our Family</B><B>    /  </B><B>Owen's Book </B></div> <div> <B>_____________________________________________________________________         </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Tahoma" ><B>_________________________________________________________________</B></FONT></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=510 BGCOLOR="#006600" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="0558dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I><B>Haiku - January, </B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><I><B>2004</B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" > </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= 281 ><NOBR><div> tracks from the bank</div> <div> to the hole in the ice</div> <div> and back again</div> <bR> <div> winter tracks </div> <div> beneath the frozen feeder</div> <div> sparrow arrows</div> <bR> <div> winter whiskers</div> <div> fence posts rise</div> <div> above the snow</div> <bR> <div> winter solstice</div> <div> the sheen of frozen ground</div> <div> polished by wind</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> wood smoke</div> <div> and the smell of canvas </div> <div> winter camp</div> <bR> <div> downtown crossing</div> <div> we wait for a train</div> <div> to unzip the street</div> <bR> <div> winter's moon</div> <div> impaled</div> <div> upon the pine</div> <bR> <div> no shadow</div> <div> the garden's Buddha</div> <div> sits on snow</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>_January Senryu_</B></div> <div> Christmas services</div> <div> a cellular phone rings out</div> <div> Handel's messiah</div> <div> winter solstice</div> <div> carolers and gunshots</div> <div> share the streets</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> <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="200311"><U><B><IMG SRC="02f0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>Last Month                                        Mar-04</B><A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="20043"><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> Last Year</B></div> <div> <B> </B><A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="20031"><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> <I><B>Haiku - February, </B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><I><B>2004</B></I></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= 276 ><NOBR><div> window view</div> <div> a telephone wire cuts</div> <div> the moon in half</div> <bR> <div> three moons</div> <div> a broken window</div> <div> or new galaxy</div> <bR> <div> lattice window</div> <div> a spider moves from</div> <div> tic to tac</div> <bR> <div> noses</div> <div> press against the orphanage</div> <div> window</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="234"><div> attic window</div> <div> grandfather's rocker</div> <div> quiet now</div> <bR> <div> hospice window</div> <div> she watches a leaf</div> <div> curl into itself</div> <bR> <div> spring view</div> <div> through the window</div> <div> a robin's song</div> <bR> <div> bitter cold</div> <div> the window's frost  </div> <div> hides the moon</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>_February Senryu_</B></div> <div> 10 below zero</div> <div> the groundhogs stay in their holes -</div> <div> weathermen panic</div> <div> heavy snow</div> <div> the city's streets</div> <div> have no potholes</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> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><B>Back to  Owen</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="200311"><U><B><IMG SRC="02f0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>Last Month                                        Mar-04</B><A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="20043"><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> Last Year</B></div> <div> <B> </B><A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="20031"><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>