Haiku 2021 Part 5, #33-39

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 #33 (inspired by Pat Flynn)

You have to be the
disaster before you can
become the master

#34

Knowing just "achtung,"
"Gesundheit," "Schadenfreude,"
"Doppelganger," "eins"

#35

Arabesque, ode to
architecture, lines stretching
into far beyond



#36

Feet planted, arching
spine, heart thrust toward the sun,
arms thrown wide open

#37

Think only of Me
Infinite They, all Being
Think only of We

#38

Do you truly hope
ancestors watch us living,
see earth from heaven?

#39

Is there anything 
so lovely as watching snow
fall while warm inside



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