Fluttering wings beat 5 First part is an observation of nature (usually in season) Taking a flowers essence 7 (The natural references can be left out of course) In heat of sunlight 5 Should stay in Haiku format though Making a summer dinner 7 Second part is a couplet of 7 syllables for each line Like a lover suckling 7 (usually a reflection about the earlier observation) the road twists and turns oak how many years standing holding up old fence fields will not bare after you when old fence falls pests will enter |
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